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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Income Taxes [Line Items]        
Effective tax rate from continuing operations 13.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 52.40%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations (554.90%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations  
Net unrealized built in loss, recognition period 5 years      
Annual limitation net operating loss $ 1,700,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwardsValuationAllowance      
Federal net operating loss carryforwards 49,419,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsForeign      
State net operating loss carryforwards 91,926,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsStateAndLocal      
Company's alternative minimum tax credit carryforward 779,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsAlternativeMinimumTax 779,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsAlternativeMinimumTax    
Expiration date of federal and state operating loss carryforwards 2020      
Net deferred tax assets 106,538,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet 103,881,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet    
Future taxable income and reversed the valuation allowance     86,533,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount  
Cumulative pre tax income rolling period     3 years  
Cumulative pre - tax income , Period 3 years      
Unrecognized tax benefits 167,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 2,763,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 2,678,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 2,526,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Income tax (benefit) expense (1,407,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 6,104,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (80,904,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit  
Portion of deferred tax assets related to previously unrecognized tax benefits 2,429,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations 47,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations    
SV Holdco, LLC [Member]        
Income Taxes [Line Items]        
Income tax (benefit) expense (2,639,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
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Portion of deferred tax assets related to previously unrecognized tax benefits 2,453,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations
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Muvico Entertainment, L.L.C [Member]        
Income Taxes [Line Items]        
Deferred tax asset 3,441,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet
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Digital Cinema Destinations Corp [Member]        
Income Taxes [Line Items]        
Deferred tax asset $ 9,776,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet
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