CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$ 1,902	$ 4,663
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	31,115	24,068
Amortization of debt issuance costs	1,087	1,398
Impairment on long-lived assets	3,385	3,466
Loss on extinguishment of debt		4,961
Deferred income taxes	(3,364)
Stock-based compensation	1,926	1,622
Loss from unconsolidated affiliates	702	114
Other	353	284
(Gain) loss on sale of property and equipment	(15)	767
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable and inventories	1,277	275
Prepaid expenses and other assets	168	111
Accounts payable	(7,278)	(10,133)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	1,713	4,271
Distributions from unconsolidated affiliates	378	348
Net cash provided by operating activities	33,349	36,215
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment	(24,748)	(25,923)
Release of restricted cash	231	273
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates		(54)
Theatre acquisitions	(12,318)	(702)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment	740	2,857
Net cash used in investing activities	(36,095)	(23,549)
Debt activities:
Short-term borrowings		5,000
Repayment of short-term borrowings		(5,000)
Issuance of long-term debt		209,500
Repayments of long-term debt		(200,229)
Debt issuance costs		(8,621)
Repayments of capital lease and long-term financing obligations	(3,052)	(1,397)
Issuance of common stock	88,043	56,565
Purchase of treasury stock	(174)	(57)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	84,817	55,761
Increase in cash and cash equivalents	82,071	68,427
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	68,531	13,616
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	150,602	82,043
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest	31,690	17,105
Income taxes	5,108	4,884
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Non-cash purchase of property and equipment	4,619	2,314
Assets acquired through capital leases and financing obligations	$ 2,285