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Investments in and Advances to Affiliates (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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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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.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 946

-SubTopic 320

-Section S99

-Paragraph 6

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-Publisher SEC

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-Number 210

-Section 14

-Article 12

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