Schedule 1 Dividend Declared for Fiscal Period (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			12 Months Ended
		Feb. 24, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Dividend Declared [Line Items]
Amount per Common Share	[1]		$ 1.16	$ 1.08	$ 1.00
Total Dividends			$ 135,637	$ 126,044	$ 116,456
Cinemark Holdings, Inc.
Dividend Declared [Line Items]
Amount per Common Share		$ 0.29
Total Dividends	[2]		$ 135,600	$ 126,000
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. | First Quarter Dividend
Dividend Declared [Line Items]
Date Declared			Feb. 23, 2017	Feb. 24, 2016
Date of Record			Mar. 08, 2017	Mar. 07, 2016
Date Paid			Mar. 20, 2017	Mar. 18, 2016
Amount per Common Share	[3]		$ 0.29	$ 0.27
Total Dividends	[2]		$ 33,900	$ 31,500
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. | Second Quarter Dividend
Dividend Declared [Line Items]
Date Declared			May 25, 2017	May 26, 2016
Date of Record			Jun. 08, 2017	Jun. 08, 2016
Date Paid			Jun. 22, 2017	Jun. 22, 2016
Amount per Common Share	[3]		$ 0.29	$ 0.27
Total Dividends	[2]		$ 33,900	$ 31,500
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. | Third Quarter Dividend
Dividend Declared [Line Items]
Date Declared			Aug. 10, 2017	Aug. 18, 2016
Date of Record			Aug. 31, 2017	Aug. 31, 2016
Date Paid			Sep. 13, 2017	Sep. 13, 2016
Amount per Common Share	[3]		$ 0.29	$ 0.27
Total Dividends	[2]		$ 33,900	$ 31,500
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. | Fourth Quarter Dividend
Dividend Declared [Line Items]
Date Declared			Nov. 17, 2017	Nov. 16, 2016
Date of Record			Dec. 01, 2017	Dec. 02, 2016
Date Paid			Dec. 15, 2017	Dec. 16, 2016
Amount per Common Share	[3]		$ 0.29	$ 0.27
Total Dividends	[2]		$ 33,900	$ 31,500

[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. Beginning with the dividend declared on February 23, 2017, the Company’s board of directors raised the quarterly dividend to $0.29 per common share.

[2] Of the dividends recorded during 2015, 2016 and 2017, $593, $554 and $558, respectively, were related to outstanding restricted stock units and will not be paid until such units vest. See Note 14.

[3] Beginning with the dividend declared on February 24, 2017, the Company’s board of directors raised the quarterly dividend to $0.29 per common share.