CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Revenues:
Admissions	$ 102,792	$ 79,889	$ 291,927	$ 248,776
Concessions and other	62,221	46,783	173,283	143,008
Total operating revenues	165,013	126,672	465,210	391,784
Operating costs and expenses:
Film exhibition costs	56,482	43,858	160,769	135,225
Concession costs	8,328	5,741	22,009	16,767
Other theatre operating costs	66,341	52,904	185,783	157,037
General and administrative expenses	6,621	5,650	18,668	15,939
Lease termination charges (Note 12)			3,063
Severance agreement charges	102	95	102	473
Depreciation and amortization	10,627	8,468	31,105	23,966
Loss on sale of property and equipment	11	700	70	948
Impairment of long-lived assets	2,974	1,835	3,385	3,358
Total operating costs and expenses	151,486	119,251	424,954	353,713
Operating income	13,527	7,421	40,256	38,071
Interest expense	12,353	8,605	36,998	25,478
Loss on extinguishment of debt				4,961
Income (loss) before income tax and income from unconsolidated affiliates	1,174	(1,184)	3,258	7,632
Income tax expense (Note 4)	1,253	466	1,733	3,813
Income from unconsolidated affiliates (Note 10)	1,145	1,950	482	958
Income from continuing operations	1,066	300	2,007	4,777
Loss from discontinued operations (Note 6)	(57)	(67)	(105)	(114)
Net income	$ 1,009	$ 233	$ 1,902	$ 4,663
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic	20,985	17,519	18,723	15,775
Diluted	21,501	17,881	19,202	16,061
Net income per common share (Basic):
Income from continuing operations	$ 0.05	$ 0.02	$ 0.11	$ 0.30
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax			$ (0.01)
Net income	$ 0.05	$ 0.02	$ 0.10	$ 0.30
Net income per common share (Diluted):
Income from continuing operations	$ 0.05	$ 0.01	$ 0.10	$ 0.30
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax				$ (0.01)
Net income	$ 0.05	$ 0.01	$ 0.10	$ 0.29