Condensed Parent Company Balance Sheets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 561,235	$ 588,539	$ 638,869	$ 599,929
Total assets	4,306,633	4,126,497
Liabilities
Accrued other current liabilities, including accounts payable to subsidiaries	110,833	112,575
Other long-term liabilities	44,301	60,784
Commitments and contingencies (see Note 6)
Equity
Common stock, $0.001 par value: 300,000,000 shares authorized; 120,107,563 shares issued and 115,924,059 shares outstanding at December 31, 2015 and 120,657,254 shares issued and 116,210,252 shares outstanding at December 31, 2016	121	120
Additional paid-in-capital	1,128,442	1,113,219
Treasury stock, 4,183,504 and 4,447,002 common shares at cost at December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2016, respectively	(73,411)	(66,577)	(61,807)	(51,946)
Retained earnings	453,679	324,632
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(247,013)	(271,686)
Total equity	1,261,818	1,099,708
Total liabilities and equity	4,306,633	4,126,497
Cinemark Holdings, Inc.
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	97	36	$ 29	$ 35
Prepaid assets	7
Investment in subsidiaries	1,272,938	1,102,148
Total assets	1,273,042	1,102,184
Liabilities
Accrued other current liabilities, including accounts payable to subsidiaries	10,504	1,794
Other long-term liabilities	720	682
Total liabilities	11,224	2,476
Commitments and contingencies (see Note 6)
Equity
Common stock, $0.001 par value: 300,000,000 shares authorized; 120,107,563 shares issued and 115,924,059 shares outstanding at December 31, 2015 and 120,657,254 shares issued and 116,210,252 shares outstanding at December 31, 2016	121	120
Additional paid-in-capital	1,128,442	1,113,219
Treasury stock, 4,183,504 and 4,447,002 common shares at cost at December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2016, respectively	(73,411)	(66,577)
Retained earnings	453,679	324,632
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(247,013)	(271,686)
Total equity	1,261,818	1,099,708
Total liabilities and equity	$ 1,273,042	$ 1,102,184