Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Revenues:
Admissions	$ 80,409	$ 86,081	$ 250,423	$ 231,677
Concessions and other	47,067	47,253	143,888	128,665
Total operating revenues	127,476	133,334	394,311	360,342
Operating costs and expenses:
Film exhibition costs	44,146	46,996	136,126	125,627
Concession costs	5,768	5,671	16,863	14,858
Other theatre operating costs	53,380	54,093	158,465	152,385
General and administrative expenses	5,650	4,458	15,826	13,687
Severance agreement charges	95		588	845
Depreciation and amortization	8,488	8,246	24,028	23,905
Loss on sale of property and equipment	699	47	948	108
Write-off of note receivable				750
Impairment of long-lived assets	1,835	18	3,371	1,342
Total operating costs and expenses	120,061	119,529	356,215	333,507
Operating income	7,415	13,805	38,096	26,835
Interest expense	8,605	8,050	25,478	25,833
Loss on extinguishment of debt			4,961
(Loss) income before income tax and income from unconsolidated affiliates	(1,190)	5,755	7,657	1,002
Income tax expense (Note 4)	464	3,936	3,822	11,251
Loss (Income) from unconsolidated affiliates	1,950	1,291	958	987
Income (loss) from continuing operations	296	3,110	4,793	(9,262)
Loss from discontinued operations (Note 6)	(63)	(20)	(130)	(163)
Net income (loss)	$ 233	$ 3,090	$ 4,663	$ (9,425)
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic	17,519	12,823	15,775	12,801
Diluted	17,881	12,849	16,061	12,801
Net income (loss) per common share (Basic):
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$ 0.02	$ 0.24	$ 0.31	$ (0.72)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	$ (0.01)		$ (0.01)	$ (0.01)
Net income (loss)	$ 0.01	$ 0.24	$ 0.30	$ (0.73)
Net income (loss) per common share (Diluted):
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$ 0.02	$ 0.24	$ 0.30	$ (0.72)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	$ (0.01)		$ (0.01)	$ (0.01)
Net income (loss)	$ 0.01	$ 0.24	$ 0.29	$ (0.73)