Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Condensed Parent Company Statements of Income (Detail)

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Condensed Parent Company Statements of Income (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2013
Jun. 30, 2013
Mar. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]                      
Revenues $ 659,944us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 646,903us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 717,863us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 602,280us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 651,933us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet [1] $ 757,566us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 725,622us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet [2] $ 547,773us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 2,626,990us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 2,682,894us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 2,473,531us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Cost of operations                 (2,263,920)us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses (2,267,403)us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses (2,089,829)us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
Operating loss 96,065us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 82,284us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 116,866us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 67,855us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 80,653us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss [1] 135,192us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 134,017us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss [2] 65,629us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 363,070us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 415,491us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 383,702us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Other income                 (73,007)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense (151,627)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense (86,884)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income taxes                 (96,064)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (113,316)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (125,398)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Equity in income of subsidiaries, net of taxes                 22,743us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 22,682us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 13,109us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Net income                 193,999us-gaap_ProfitLoss 150,548us-gaap_ProfitLoss 171,420us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Cinemark Holdings, Inc.                      
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]                      
Revenues                 0us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember 		0us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember 		0us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Cost of operations                 2,857us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember 		2,215us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember 		2,182us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Operating loss                 (2,857)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember 		(2,215)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember 		(2,182)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Other income                 0us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember 		0us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember 		0us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Loss before income taxes and equity in income of subsidiaries                 (2,857)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember 		(2,215)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember 		(2,182)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Income taxes                 1,086us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember 		842us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember 		818us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Equity in income of subsidiaries, net of taxes                 194,381us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember 		149,843us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember 		170,313us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Net income                 $ 192,610us-gaap_ProfitLoss
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember 		$ 148,470us-gaap_ProfitLoss
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember 		$ 168,949us-gaap_ProfitLoss
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
[1] Net income attributable to Cinemark Holdings, Inc. for the fourth quarter of 2013 includes $21,406 of income tax expense related to the sale of the Company's Mexico subsidiaries, which closed on November 15, 2013.
[2] Net income attributable to Cinemark Holdings, Inc. for the second quarter of 2013 includes a loss on early retirement of debt of $72,302 as a result of the redemption of Cinemark USA, Inc.'s 8.625% Senior Notes on June 24, 2013. See Note 11 for additional information.