Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net income		$ 77,287	$ 66,126	$ 54,368	$ 59,046	$ 58,235	$ 46,701	$ 70,890	$ 42,902	$ 256,827	$ 218,728	$ 193,999
Add (deduct):
Income taxes										103,819	128,939	96,064
Interest expense	[1]									108,313	112,741	113,698
Loss on debt amendments and refinancing										13,445	925
Other income	[2]									(44,813)	(20,041)	(22,150)
Other cash distributions from equity investees	[3]									21,916	19,027	19,172
Depreciation and amortization										209,071	189,206	175,656
Impairment of long-lived assets										2,836	8,801	6,647
Loss on sale of assets and other										20,459	8,143	15,715
Deferred lease expenses										(990)	(1,806)	2,536
Amortization of long-term prepaid rents										1,826	2,361	1,542
Share based awards compensation expense										13,394	15,758	12,818
Adjusted EBITDA	[4]									$ 706,103	$ 682,782	$ 615,697

[1] Includes amortization of debt issue costs.

[2] Includes interest income, foreign currency exchange gain (loss), and equity in income of affiliates and excludes distributions from NCM.

[3] Includes cash distributions received from equity investees that were recorded as a reduction of the respective investment balances. In an effort to more closely align our reported Adjusted EBITDA with our operating cash flow, which provides our chief operating decision maker with more comprehensive cash flow information, beginning with the year ended December 31, 2016, Adjusted EBITDA now includes total cash distributions received from equity investees, including the cash distributions recorded as a reduction of the respective investment balance. Adjusted EBITDA for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2015 has been adjusted to reflect comparable presentations.

[4] Distributions from NCM are reported entirely within the U.S. operating segment