Schedule 1 Dividend Declared for Fiscal Period (Parenthetical) (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
		Feb. 24, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Dividend Declared [Line Items]
Amount per Common Share		$ 0.27	$ 0.29
Date Declared		Feb. 24, 2016
Dividends related to outstanding restricted stock units				$ 554	$ 593	$ 530
Cinemark Holdings, Inc.
Dividend Declared [Line Items]
Amount per Common Share	[1]			$ 16.00	$ 15.00	$ 14.00
Dividends related to outstanding restricted stock units				$ 554	$ 593	$ 530

[1] Beginning with the dividend declared on February 24, 2016, the Company's board of directors raised the quarterly dividend to $0.27 per common share.