Guarantor Subsidiaries - Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Revenues:
Admissions	$ 115,116	$ 107,267	$ 212,687	$ 188,322
Concessions and other	67,871	62,258	129,223	110,486
Total operating revenues	182,987	169,525	341,910	298,808
Operating costs and expenses:
Film exhibition costs	64,434	60,832	117,323	103,848
Concession costs	7,977	7,683	15,096	13,611
Salaries and benefits	23,487	21,299	45,021	39,663
Theatre occupancy costs	20,954	16,022	41,315	31,236
Other theatre operating costs	28,545	23,912	57,927	47,706
General and administrative expenses	6,528	6,032	14,026	12,047
Lease termination charges				3,063
Depreciation and amortization	11,927	10,224	23,698	20,425
Loss (gain) on sale of property and equipment	395	(21)	328	59
Impairment of long-lived assets		133	358	325
Total operating costs and expenses	164,247	146,116	315,092	271,983
Operating income	18,740	23,409	26,818	26,825
Interest expense	13,000	12,346	26,116	24,645
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries	0		0
Income before income tax and (loss) income from unconsolidated affiliates	5,740	11,063	702	2,180
Income tax (benefit) expense	2,392	4,773	382	520
(Loss) income from unconsolidated affiliates	(126)	352	(210)	(663)
Income from continuing operations	3,222	6,642	110	997
(Loss) income from discontinued operations		35	(52)	(103)
Net income	3,222	6,677	58	894
Carmike Cinemas, Inc. [Member]
Revenues:
Admissions	16,636	14,615	30,873
Concessions and other	19,458	17,464	36,920
Total operating revenues	36,094	32,079	67,793
Operating costs and expenses:
Film exhibition costs	9,365	8,112	17,155
Concession costs	1,206	1,124	2,382
Salaries and benefits	3,892	3,221	7,519
Theatre occupancy costs	3,095	1,729	6,255
Other theatre operating costs	5,689	4,463	11,829
General and administrative expenses	5,824	5,425	12,669
Depreciation and amortization	2,195	1,869	4,388
Loss (gain) on sale of property and equipment	383		376
Impairment of long-lived assets		23	3
Total operating costs and expenses	31,649	25,966	62,576
Operating income	4,445	6,113	5,217
Interest expense	5,513	5,364	11,028
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries	(4,187)	(6,635)	(3,932)
Income before income tax and (loss) income from unconsolidated affiliates	3,119	7,384	(1,879)
Income tax (benefit) expense	(342)	938	(2,358)
(Loss) income from unconsolidated affiliates	(239)	253	(418)
Income from continuing operations		6,699	61
(Loss) income from discontinued operations		(22)	(3)
Net income	3,222	6,677	58
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Revenues:
Admissions	98,480	92,652	181,814
Concessions and other	57,426	53,346	109,072
Total operating revenues	155,906	145,998	290,886
Operating costs and expenses:
Film exhibition costs	55,069	52,720	100,168
Concession costs	6,771	6,559	12,714
Salaries and benefits	19,595	18,078	37,502
Theatre occupancy costs	17,859	14,293	35,060
Other theatre operating costs	31,869	28,001	62,867
General and administrative expenses	704	607	1,357
Depreciation and amortization	9,732	8,355	19,310
Loss (gain) on sale of property and equipment	12	(21)	(48)
Impairment of long-lived assets		110	355
Total operating costs and expenses	141,611	128,702	269,285
Operating income	14,295	17,296	21,601
Interest expense	7,487	6,982	15,088
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries
Income before income tax and (loss) income from unconsolidated affiliates	6,808	10,314	6,513
Income tax (benefit) expense	2,734	3,835	2,740
(Loss) income from unconsolidated affiliates	113	99	208
Income from continuing operations		6,578	3,981
(Loss) income from discontinued operations		57	(49)
Net income	4,187	6,635	3,932
As Revised [Member]
Revenues:
Admissions				188,322
Concessions and other				110,486
Total operating revenues				298,808
Operating costs and expenses:
Film exhibition costs				103,848
Concession costs				13,611
Salaries and benefits				39,663
Theatre occupancy costs				31,236
Other theatre operating costs				47,706
General and administrative expenses				12,047
Lease termination charges				3,063
Depreciation and amortization				20,425
Loss (gain) on sale of property and equipment				59
Impairment of long-lived assets				325
Total operating costs and expenses				271,983
Operating income				26,825
Interest expense				24,645
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries
Income before income tax and (loss) income from unconsolidated affiliates				2,180
Income tax (benefit) expense				520
(Loss) income from unconsolidated affiliates				(663)
Income from continuing operations				997
(Loss) income from discontinued operations				(103)
Net income				894
As Revised [Member] | Carmike Cinemas, Inc. [Member]
Revenues:
Admissions				25,764
Concessions and other				31,370
Total operating revenues				57,134
Operating costs and expenses:
Film exhibition costs				14,096
Concession costs				2,015
Salaries and benefits				6,108
Theatre occupancy costs				3,360
Other theatre operating costs				9,654
General and administrative expenses				10,854
Lease termination charges
Depreciation and amortization				3,745
Loss (gain) on sale of property and equipment				4
Impairment of long-lived assets				23
Total operating costs and expenses				49,859
Operating income				7,275
Interest expense		5,364		10,710
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries		(6,635)		(3,502)
Income before income tax and (loss) income from unconsolidated affiliates		7,384		67
Income tax (benefit) expense		938		(1,717)
(Loss) income from unconsolidated affiliates				(835)
Income from continuing operations		6,699		949
(Loss) income from discontinued operations				(55)
Net income		6,677		894
As Revised [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Revenues:
Admissions				162,558
Concessions and other				94,139
Total operating revenues				256,697
Operating costs and expenses:
Film exhibition costs				89,752
Concession costs				11,596
Salaries and benefits				33,555
Theatre occupancy costs				27,876
Other theatre operating costs				53,075
General and administrative expenses				1,193
Lease termination charges				3,063
Depreciation and amortization				16,680
Loss (gain) on sale of property and equipment				55
Impairment of long-lived assets				302
Total operating costs and expenses				237,147
Operating income				19,550
Interest expense		6,982		13,935
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries
Income before income tax and (loss) income from unconsolidated affiliates		10,314		5,615
Income tax (benefit) expense		3,835		2,237
(Loss) income from unconsolidated affiliates				172
Income from continuing operations		6,578		3,550
(Loss) income from discontinued operations				(48)
Net income		6,635		3,502
Eliminations [Member]
Revenues:
Concessions and other	(9,013)	(8,552)	(16,769)
Total operating revenues	(9,013)	(8,552)	(16,769)
Operating costs and expenses:
Other theatre operating costs	(9,013)	(8,552)	(16,769)
Total operating costs and expenses	(9,013)	(8,552)	(16,769)
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries	4,187	6,635	3,932
Income before income tax and (loss) income from unconsolidated affiliates	(4,187)	(6,635)	(3,932)
Income from continuing operations		(6,635)	(3,932)
Net income	(4,187)	(6,635)	(3,932)
Eliminations [Member] | As Revised [Member]
Revenues:
Concessions and other				(15,023)
Total operating revenues				(15,023)
Operating costs and expenses:
Other theatre operating costs				(15,023)
Total operating costs and expenses				(15,023)
Interest expense
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries		6,635		3,502
Income before income tax and (loss) income from unconsolidated affiliates		(6,635)		(3,502)
Income tax (benefit) expense
Income from continuing operations		(6,635)		(3,502)
Net income		$ (6,635)		$ (3,502)