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Investment in National CineMedia LLC - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 0 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 13, 2007 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Theatre access fees per patron |  | $ 0.07 cnk_TheatreAccessFeesPerPatron |  |
Increase in percentage of payment per theatre patron |  | 8.00%cnk_PercentageIncreaseInTheatreAccessFees |  |
Duration of percentage increase in theatre access fees per patron |  | 5 years |  |
Payment per digital screen | 800 cnk_PaymentPerDigitalScreen | 1,125 cnk_PaymentPerDigitalScreen | 1,072 cnk_PaymentPerDigitalScreen | 1,021 cnk_PaymentPerDigitalScreen
Percentage of annual increase in payment per digital screen |  | 5.00%cnk_PercentageOfAnnualIncreaseInPaymentPerDigitalScreen |  |
Minimum percentage of aggregate advertising revenue for payment of fees |  | 12.00%cnk_MinimumPercentageOfAggregateAdvertisingRevenueForPaymentOfFees |  |
Remaining term of exhibitor services agreement |  | 22 years |  |
Number of common units of NCM owned by Company |  | 24,556,136 cnk_NumberOfCompanyOneCommonUnitsHeldByCompany |  |
Interest in common units of NCM owned by Company |  | 19.00%cnk_PercentageOwnershipInCompanyOne |  |
Investment In NCM |  |  |  |
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Common unit convertible into share of NCMI common stock, conversion ratio |  | 1 cnk_EquivalentNumberOfSharesCommonStock / invest_InvestmentAxis = cnk_InvestmentInNcmMember |  |
Estimated fair value of investment using NCMI's stock price |  | $ 352,872 cnk_EstimatedFairValueInvestmentInCompanyOne / invest_InvestmentAxis = cnk_InvestmentInNcmMember |  |
NCMI stock price |  | $ 14.37 cnk_FairValueEstimatePerShareInvestmentInCompanyOne / invest_InvestmentAxis = cnk_InvestmentInNcmMember |  |

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