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Investments in and Advances to Affiliates (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Abstract] |
Investments in and advances to affiliates |
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |
Cinemark — Core Pacific, Ltd. (Taiwan) — investment, at cost — 14% interest |  | $ | 1,383 |  |  | $ | 1,383 |
Other |  |  | 1,236 |  |  |  | 160 |
Total |  | $ | 2,619 |  |  | $ | 1,543 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of investments in and advances to affiliates. Does not include the tabular disclosure of the disaggregation of investments in and advances to affiliates across legal entities. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 946 -SubTopic 320 -Section S99 -Paragraph 6 -Subparagraph (SX 210.12-14) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6955306&loc=d3e611322-123010 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 14 -Article 12 + Details
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