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THE COMPANY AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details) kr in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) segment	Dec. 31, 2020 SEK (kr) segment	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 SEK (kr)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 SEK (kr)	Feb. 01, 2021
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	49.00%
Number of reportable segments \| segment	2	2
Percentage of revenue related to sales of gift cards and packaged tickets deferred	100.00%	100.00%
Period over which total amount of breakage for that current month's sales in proportion to the pattern of actual redemptions is recognized	24 months	24 months
Film Exhibition Costs
Film exhibition cost payable	$ 16,400,000		$ 166,500,000
Customer Frequency Program
Insider tier, annual membership fee	15.00
Advertising Costs
Advertising costs	10,700,000		42,600,000		$ 45,400,000
Derivative Asset and Liability
Derivative asset fair value adjustment for contingent call option related to the Class B common stock purchase and cancellation agreement	(19,600,000)	kr 19.6	(17,700,000)	kr 17.7	45,000,000.0	kr (45.0)
Derivative liability fair value adjustment for embedded conversion feature in the Convertible Notes due 2024	$ (89,400,000)	kr 89.4	$ 23,500,000	kr (23.5)	$ 66,400,000	kr (66.4)
Minimum
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Non-redemption rate	13.00%
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	18.50%
Exhibitor Services Agreement
Discount rate	18.25%
Customer Frequency Program
A-List, monthly membership fee	$ 23.95
Wanda
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	23.08%						9.80%
Combined voting power held in Holdings (as a percent)	47.37%