Condensed Parent Company Balance Sheets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 488,313	$ 426,222
Prepaid expenses and other	37,187	15,117
Total assets	5,828,017	4,481,838
Liabilities
Accrued other current liabilities, including accounts payable to subsidiaries	175,706	148,842
Other long-term liabilities	44,036	50,348
Commitments and contingencies (see Note 6)	0	0
Equity
Common stock, $0.001 par value: 300,000,000 shares authorized, 121,456,721 shares issued and 116,830,530 shares outstanding at December 31, 2018 and 121,863,515 shares issued and 117,151,656 shares outstanding at December 31, 2019	122	121
Additional paid-in-capital	1,170,039	1,155,424
Treasury stock, 4,626,191 and 4,711,859 shares, at cost, at December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2019, respectively	(81,567)	(79,259)	$ (76,354)	$ (73,411)
Retained earnings	687,332	638,912
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(340,112)	(319,007)
Total Cinemark Holdings, Inc.'s stockholders' equity	1,435,814	1,396,191
Total liabilities and equity	5,828,017	4,481,838
Cinemark Holdings, Inc.
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	97	6
Prepaid expenses and other		11
Investment in subsidiaries	1,461,701	1,417,256
Total assets	1,461,798	1,417,273
Liabilities
Accrued other current liabilities, including accounts payable to subsidiaries	24,948	20,165
Other long-term liabilities	1,036	917
Total liabilities	25,984	21,082
Commitments and contingencies (see Note 6)
Equity
Common stock, $0.001 par value: 300,000,000 shares authorized, 121,456,721 shares issued and 116,830,530 shares outstanding at December 31, 2018 and 121,863,515 shares issued and 117,151,656 shares outstanding at December 31, 2019	122	121
Additional paid-in-capital	1,170,039	1,155,424
Treasury stock, 4,626,191 and 4,711,859 shares, at cost, at December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2019, respectively	(81,567)	(79,259)
Retained earnings	687,332	638,912
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(340,112)	(319,007)
Total Cinemark Holdings, Inc.'s stockholders' equity	1,435,814	1,396,191
Total liabilities and equity	$ 1,461,798	$ 1,417,273