Organization, Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation (Details)	Dec. 31, 2012 States Theatre
Organization Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of theatres owns	249
Number of states	35
Number of films show	231
Films on first-run basis are discount theatres	18

Theatrical film number of theaters show on first run basis.

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