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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the use in this Registration Statement of Cinemark USA, Inc. on
Form S-4 (No. 333-45417) of our report dated March 10, 1997, (which report
includes an explanatory paragraph concerning the Company's change in 1996 in its
method of accounting for the impairment of long lived assets and long lived
assets to be disposed of to conform with Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 121) appearing in the Prospectus, which is a part of this
Registration Statement, and to the reference to us under the heading "Experts"
in such Prospectus.


/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE L.L.P.

February 6, 1998
Dallas, Texas