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THE COMPANY AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details) kr in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 SEK (kr) item segment	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) item segment	Dec. 31, 2018 SEK (kr)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 14, 2018
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments \| segment		2	2
Percentage of revenue related to sales of gift cards and packaged tickets deferred		100.00%	100.00%
Non-redemption rate			10.00%
Period over which total amount of breakage for that current month's sales in proportion to the pattern of actual redemptions is recognized		24 years	24 years
Period during which breakage for packaged tickets continues to be recognized as redemption if not used after being purchased						18 months
Film Exhibition Costs
Film exhibition cost payable			$ 166,500,000		$ 168,600,000
Exhibitor Services Agreement
Cumulative effect adjustments for the adoption of new accounting principles	$ 52,900,000				(31,800,000)
Income tax effect	$ 0
Customer Frequency Program
Insider tier, annual membership fee			$ 15.00
Premiere tier, number of points for virtual reward \| item		5,000	5,000
Premiere tier, virtual award			$ 5.00
Advertising Costs
Advertising Expense			42,600,000		45,400,000	$ 39,900,000
Derivative Asset and Liability
Increase in derivative asset		kr 17.7	(17,700,000)	kr (45.0)	45,000,000.0
Derivative liability fair value adjustment for embedded conversion feature in the Convertible Notes due 2024		kr (23.5)	$ (23,500,000)	kr (66.4)	$ (66,400,000)
Minimum
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Non-redemption rate			12.00%
Exhibitor Services Agreement
Discount rate			6.50%
Customer Frequency Program
A-List, monthly membership fee			$ 19.95
Maximum
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership percentage			50.00%
Non-redemption rate			18.00%
Exhibitor Services Agreement
Discount rate			8.50%
Customer Frequency Program
A-List, monthly membership fee			$ 23.95
Wanda
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership percentage			49.85%
Combined voting power held in Holdings (as a percent)			74.89%
Wanda \| Minimum
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership percentage							50.10%