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Dine Brands Global, Inc
(NYSE:DIN) 

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Dine Brands Global, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, owns, franchises, operates, and rents full-service restaurants in the United States and internationally. It operates in five segments: Applebee's Franchise Operations, IHOP Franchise Operations, Rental Operations, Financing Operations, and Co...

Founded: 1958
Full Time Employees: 558
Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Restaurants

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      revenues:
                                                                                                   
      franchise revenues:
                                                                                                   
      royalties, franchise fees and other
    93,900,000 93,666,000 93,100,000 101,210,000 95,724,000 96,363,000 96,565,000 101,980,000 100,616,000 101,571,000 99,135,000 101,938,000 102,925,000 95,398,000 93,215,000 94,148,000 90,349,000 92,008,000 90,417,000 94,630,000 80,091,000 76,044,000 69,820,000 38,781,000 83,314,000 92,259,000 88,686,000 90,930,000 96,296,000                                                                   
      advertising revenues
    71,000,000 69,555,000 68,246,000 73,509,000 70,490,000 70,868,000 69,789,000 74,518,000 75,261,000 74,395,000 73,385,000 75,979,000 77,037,000 72,642,000 71,692,000 74,111,000 70,883,000 70,872,000 70,709,000 72,324,000 60,885,000 58,744,000 51,932,000 29,095,000                                                                        
      total franchise revenues
    164,900,000 163,221,000 161,346,000 174,719,000 166,214,000 167,231,000 166,354,000 176,498,000 175,877,000 175,966,000 172,520,000 177,917,000 179,962,000 168,040,000 164,907,000 168,259,000 161,232,000 162,880,000 161,126,000 166,954,000 140,976,000 134,788,000 121,752,000 67,876,000 145,037,000 163,392,000 156,200,000 162,668,000 168,926,000                                                                   
      company-owned restaurant revenues
    33,500,000                                                                                               
      rental revenues
    26,800,000 28,103,000 27,017,000 27,525,000 26,655,000 28,740,000 27,991,000 29,006,000 29,549,000 29,451,000 29,128,000 29,440,000 31,951,000 29,411,000 29,207,000 29,066,000 28,807,000 29,136,000 31,273,000 27,382,000 26,142,000 27,029,000 26,194,000 23,707,000 29,009,000 31,107,000 28,970,000 29,878,000 30,711,000 30,642,000 30,127,000 30,324,000 30,841,000 30,585,000 30,263,000 30,124,000 30,124,000 30,465,000 30,291,000 30,507,000 30,830,000 31,409,000 33,895,000 31,221,000 31,132,000 31,402,000  30,753,000 32,045,000 30,990,000 30,731,000 31,003,000 30,763,000 30,920,000 29,171,000 32,005,000 23,750,750 31,163,000 31,624,000 32,216,000 32,210,000 32,187,000  32,929,000 32,544,000                               
      total revenues
    225,200,000 217,570,000 216,166,000 230,784,000 214,780,000 204,770,000 195,034,000 206,267,000 206,235,000 206,302,000 202,584,000 208,415,000 213,767,000 207,965,000 233,220,000 237,794,000 230,423,000 229,630,000 228,719,000 233,619,000 204,199,000 196,029,000 176,643,000 109,712,000 206,884,000 227,511,000 217,405,000 228,080,000 237,182,000 214,198,000 194,099,000 184,471,000 188,163,000 148,775,000 144,671,000 155,199,000 155,199,000 156,174,000 154,174,000 156,017,000 160,258,000 163,524,000 171,300,000 162,437,000 171,549,000 175,814,000                339,923,000 357,972,000 333,551,000 349,650,000 374,237,000 391,181,000 424,133,000    89,487,000 90,124,000 87,932,000 88,037,000 85,074,000 88,517,000 87,990,000 91,302,000 82,908,000 85,823,000               
      yoy
    4.85% 6.25% 10.84% 11.89% 4.14% -0.74% -3.73% -1.03% -3.52% -0.80% -13.14% -12.35% -7.23% -9.43% 1.97% 1.79% 12.84% 17.14% 29.48% 112.94% -1.30% -13.84% -18.75% -51.90% -12.77% 6.22% 12.01% 23.64% 26.05% 43.97% 34.17% 18.86% 21.24% -4.74% -6.16% -0.52% -3.16% -4.49% -10.00% -3.95% -6.58% -6.99%                    -9.17% -8.49% -21.36%    373.96%    5.19% 1.82% -0.07% -3.58% 2.61% 3.14%                   
      qoq
    3.51% 0.65% -6.33% 7.45% 4.89% 4.99% -5.45% 0.02% -0.03% 1.84% -2.80% -2.50% 2.79% -10.83% -1.92% 3.20% 0.35% 0.40% -2.10% 14.41% 4.17% 10.97% 61.01% -46.97% -9.07% 4.65% -4.68% -3.84% 10.73% 10.36% 5.22% -1.96% 26.47% 2.84% -6.78% 0.00% -0.62% 1.30% -1.18% -2.65% -2.00% -4.54% 5.46% -5.31% -2.43%                 -5.04% 7.32% -4.60% -6.57% -4.33% -7.77%     -0.71% 2.49% -0.12% 3.48% -3.89% 0.60% -3.63% 10.12% -3.40%                
      cost of revenues:
                                                                                                   
      franchise expenses:
                                                                                                   
      advertising expenses
    -71,000,000 66,555,000 68,246,000 73,509,000 70,490,000 75,695,000 69,789,000 74,518,000 75,261,000 74,561,000 73,385,000 75,979,000 77,037,000 70,377,000 71,692,000 74,111,000 70,883,000 68,385,000 70,709,000 72,324,000 60,885,000 59,262,000 51,932,000 29,095,000 61,723,000 69,899,000 67,514,000 71,738,000 72,630,000                                                                   
      other franchise expenses
    -11,300,000 14,243,000 9,716,000 11,398,000 9,043,000 11,912,000 9,787,000 11,164,000 11,029,000 10,992,000 9,804,000 10,580,000 9,406,000 10,182,000 8,649,000 8,305,000 7,448,000 8,315,000 6,922,000 7,224,000 6,051,000 8,205,000 5,858,000 2,932,000 7,209,000 9,068,000 7,063,000 7,169,000 7,673,000                                                                   
      total franchise expenses
    -82,300,000 77,112,000 78,451,000 86,444,000 81,193,000 88,703,000 79,727,000 84,953,000 86,473,000 85,619,000 83,138,000 88,280,000 87,366,000 81,343,000 80,264,000 82,269,000 78,032,000 76,018,000 75,669,000 79,257,000 64,943,000 71,807,000 60,635,000 37,080,000 69,450,000 78,967,000 74,577,000 78,907,000 80,303,000                                                                   
      company-owned restaurant expenses
    -34,900,000                                                                                               
      rental expenses
    -20,600,000                             22,345,000 22,982,000 22,788,000 22,641,000 22,927,000 22,318,000 22,681,000 22,681,000 22,666,000 22,508,000 22,771,000 23,030,000 23,231,000 24,515,000 23,264,000 23,319,000 23,490,000  23,866,000 24,345,000 24,149,000 24,535,000 24,269,000 24,090,000 24,237,000 24,301,000 24,537,000 24,413,000 24,521,000 24,566,000 24,647,000 23,916,000 23,849,000 24,400,000 24,264,000 24,275,000 24,542,000 24,488,000 24,561,000    24,594,000 24,581,000 24,378,000 24,371,000 24,507,000 24,648,000 24,742,000 24,633,000 24,333,000 24,683,000               
      total cost of revenues
    -137,800,000 125,362,000 131,613,000 138,555,000 124,470,000 119,475,000 101,715,000 106,996,000 108,811,000 107,874,000 105,286,000 111,073,000 110,151,000 113,386,000 138,889,000 142,099,000 137,670,000 133,171,000 134,116,000 134,742,000 118,913,000 128,646,000 109,859,000 79,590,000 122,457,000 131,843,000 127,685,000 133,225,000 134,611,000 115,827,000 101,473,000 105,881,000 104,663,000 71,583,000 64,567,000 63,350,000 63,350,000 63,673,000 63,239,000 64,333,000 62,883,000 64,100,000 66,072,000 65,752,000 74,742,000 75,528,000                                                  
      gross profit
    87,300,000 92,208,000 84,553,000 92,229,000 90,310,000 85,295,000 93,319,000 99,271,000 97,424,000 98,428,000 97,298,000 97,342,000 103,616,000 94,579,000 94,331,000 95,695,000 92,753,000 96,459,000 94,603,000 98,877,000 85,286,000 67,383,000 66,784,000 30,122,000 84,427,000 95,668,000 89,720,000 94,855,000 102,571,000 98,371,000 92,626,000 78,590,000 83,500,000 77,192,000 80,104,000 91,849,000 91,849,000 92,501,000 90,935,000 91,684,000 97,375,000 99,424,000 105,228,000 96,685,000 96,807,000 100,286,000                                                  
      yoy
    -3.33% 8.10% -9.39% -7.09% -7.30% -13.34% -4.09% 1.98% -5.98% 4.07% 3.15% 1.72% 11.71% -1.95% -0.29% -3.22% 8.76% 43.15% 41.66% 228.26% 1.02% -29.57% -25.56% -68.24% -17.69% -2.75% -3.14% 20.70% 22.84% 27.44% 15.63% -14.44% -9.09% -16.55% -11.91% 0.18% -5.67% -6.96% -13.58% -5.17% 0.59% -0.86%                                                      
      qoq
    -5.32% 9.05% -8.32% 2.12% 5.88% -8.60% -6.00% 1.90% -1.02% 1.16% -0.05% -6.06% 9.55% 0.26% -1.43% 3.17% -3.84% 1.96% -4.32% 15.94% 26.57% 0.90% 121.71% -64.32% -11.75% 6.63% -5.41% -7.52% 4.27% 6.20% 17.86% -5.88% 8.17% -3.64% -12.79% 0.00% -0.70% 1.72% -0.82% -5.84% -2.06% -5.52% 8.84% -0.13% -3.47%                                                   
      gross margin %
    38.77% 42.38% 39.11% 39.96% 42.05% 41.65% 47.85% 48.13% 47.24% 47.71% 48.03% 46.71% 48.47% 45.48% 40.45% 40.24% 40.25% 42.01% 41.36% 42.32% 41.77% 34.37% 37.81% 27.46% 40.81% 42.05% 41.27% 41.59% 43.25% 45.93% 47.72% 42.60% 44.38% 51.89% 55.37% 59.18% 59.18% 59.23% 58.98% 58.77% 60.76% 60.80% 61.43% 59.52% 56.43% 57.04% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% NaN% NaN% NaN% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% 
      general and administrative expenses
    -53,100,000 51,494,000 50,200,000 50,769,000 51,337,000 52,267,000 45,390,000 46,858,000 52,187,000 50,512,000 48,618,000 47,840,000 51,087,000 58,800,000 46,335,000 44,063,000 41,548,000 48,947,000 43,704,000 39,276,000 39,911,000 39,440,000 36,873,000 30,870,000 37,608,000 41,710,000 38,922,000 39,364,000 42,819,000 45,260,000 40,753,000 38,759,000 41,911,000 39,978,000 38,030,000 37,366,000 37,366,000 50,305,000 36,998,000 36,002,000 36,511,000 39,424,000 45,044,000 41,577,000 34,577,000 34,230,000  34,185,000 38,582,000 35,331,000 35,641,000 34,032,000 37,607,000 48,737,000 37,239,000 39,632,000 40,670,000 38,712,000 38,450,000 37,969,000 39,365,000 36,981,000 40,185,000 35,897,000 33,959,000 47,159,000 41,788,000 49,230,000    14,103,000 16,121,000 17,035,000 16,230,000 15,188,000 15,090,000 15,843,000 14,881,000 12,514,000 15,563,000               
      interest expense
    -21,800,000 21,683,000 20,791,000 17,799,000 17,727,000 17,851,000 18,369,000 17,850,000 18,072,000 18,498,000 19,059,000 17,781,000 14,709,000 14,550,000 15,300,000 15,359,000 15,533,000 15,375,000 15,721,000 15,739,000 16,496,000 17,752,000 16,844,000 17,127,000 15,172,000 15,160,000 15,238,000 14,602,000 15,393,000 15,576,000 15,430,000 15,481,000 15,199,000 15,483,000 15,353,000 15,780,000 15,780,000 15,363,000 15,372,000 15,358,000 15,383,000 15,366,000 16,497,000 15,434,000 15,677,000 15,646,000  24,969,000 25,034,000 24,979,000 24,956,000 25,295,000 25,571,000 28,896,000 29,650,000 30,221,000 31,364,000 32,170,000 32,867,000 36,306,000 42,864,000 43,692,000 44,878,000 45,231,000 45,970,000 48,532,000 50,490,000 51,561,000                            
      closure and impairment charges
    -800,000 32,387,000 612,000 1,155,000 5,846,000 7,798,000 366,000 442,000 634,000 506,000 1,774,000 847,000 467,000 -31,000 1,636,000 1,311,000 146,000 385,000 443,000  2,010,000     160,000 157,000 289,000 194,000    2,604,000   2,701,000 2,701,000 217,000 1,160,000 206,000 3,291,000 435,000 346,000 -72,000 475,000 1,827,000  200,000 1,042,000 -392,000                                              
      amortization of intangible assets
    -3,800,000 3,585,000 2,905,000 2,694,000 2,716,000 2,663,000 2,724,000 2,723,000 2,722,000 2,721,000 2,709,000 2,719,000 2,774,000 2,565,000 2,664,000 2,665,000 2,665,000 2,664,000 2,664,000 2,663,000 2,688,000 2,663,000 2,659,000 2,755,000 2,826,000 2,928,000 2,925,000 2,925,000 2,924,000 2,592,000 2,505,000 2,506,000 2,502,000 2,502,000 2,507,000 2,500,000 2,500,000 2,500,000 2,501,000 2,500,000 2,500,000 2,480,000 2,500,000 2,500,000 2,500,000 2,500,000  3,071,000 3,070,000 3,072,000 3,069,000 3,071,000 3,071,000 3,072,000 3,075,000 3,075,000 3,075,000 3,075,000 3,075,000 3,075,000 3,077,000 3,076,000 3,077,000 3,019,000 3,018,000 3,019,000 3,077,000 3,080,000                            
      gain on disposition of assets
    2,200,000    -111,000                     -1,519,000 746,000 332,000 109,000 -383,750 -58,000 -50,000 -1,427,000      130,000 113,000  614,000   66,000   927,000 103,000 -72,000 64,000 -318,000   741,000 -16,733,000 -21,966,000 1,176,000 1,291,000                                     
      income before income taxes
    10,100,000 -16,590,000 10,064,000 18,931,000 12,795,000 7,809,000 26,464,000 31,224,000 24,046,000 26,150,000 24,947,000 24,437,000 36,169,000 19,360,000 28,737,000 32,531,000 34,157,000 28,479,000 30,772,000 38,658,000 24,014,000 -27,138,000 9,153,000                         33,714,000 23,346,000 30,125,000 26,956,000 30,190,000 31,853,000 86,596,000 27,427,000 49,047,000 36,759,000 25,227,000 1,837,000 41,175,000 20,200,000 22,373,000 29,772,000 17,195,000 36,368,000 53,884,000                              
      income tax provision
    -2,800,000 4,353,000 -2,738,000 -5,117,000 -4,598,000 -2,635,000 -7,403,000 -8,042,000 -6,573,000 6,889,000 -6,468,000 -6,189,000 -8,759,000 -6,416,250 -7,789,000 -8,569,000         -6,738,000 -6,245,250 -7,815,000 -7,677,000 -9,489,000   -11,883,000 -5,638,000   -18,465,000 -18,465,000 -9,862,000 -13,427,000 -13,232,000 -12,909,000 -15,562,000 -14,091,000 -15,340,000 -16,615,000 -17,680,000  -12,890,000 -5,215,000 -11,395,000 -10,019,000 -11,951,000                                            
      net income
    7,400,000 -12,237,000 7,326,000 13,814,000 8,197,000 5,174,000 19,061,000 23,182,000 17,473,000 33,039,000 18,479,000 18,248,000 27,410,000 11,351,000 20,948,000 23,962,000 24,850,000 19,788,000 23,111,000 29,362,000 25,603,000 -1,561,000 10,018,000 -134,779,000 22,328,000 27,396,000 23,917,000 21,390,000 31,643,000 26,981,000 23,587,000 12,713,000 17,073,000 85,536,000 -451,718,000 21,280,000 21,280,000 14,363,000 21,347,000 24,273,000 26,829,000 25,543,000 25,357,000 24,257,000 26,897,000 28,412,000  20,824,000 18,131,000 18,730,000 16,937,000 18,239,000 18,819,000 60,573,000 16,938,000 31,344,000 28,620,000 16,525,000 348,000 29,699,000 14,331,000 14,041,000 19,671,000 13,505,000 24,814,000 37,141,000 -11,804,000 -19,385,000    14,130,000 11,313,000 10,330,000 11,323,000 10,306,000 12,594,000 9,961,000 11,972,000 11,929,000 10,075,000               
      yoy
    -9.72% -336.51% -61.57% -40.41% -53.09% -84.34% 3.15% 27.04% -36.25% 191.07% -11.79% -23.85% 10.30% -42.64% -9.36% -18.39% -2.94% -1367.65% 130.69% -121.79% 14.67% -105.70% -58.11% -730.10% -29.44% 1.54% 1.40% 68.25% 85.34% -68.46% -105.22% -40.26% -19.77% 495.53% -2216.07% -12.33% -20.68% -43.77% -15.81% 0.07% -0.25% -10.10%  16.49% 48.35% 51.69%  14.17% -3.66% -69.08% -0.01% -41.81% -34.25% 266.55% 4767.24% 5.54% 99.71% 17.69% -98.23% 119.91% -42.25% -62.20% -266.65% -169.67%    -237.19%    37.10% -10.17% 3.70% -5.42% -13.61% 25.00%                   
      qoq
    -160.47% -267.04% -46.97% 68.53% 58.43% -72.86% -17.78% 32.67% -47.11% 78.79% 1.27% -33.43% 141.48% -45.81% -12.58% -3.57% 25.58% -14.38% -21.29% 14.68% -1740.17% -115.58% -107.43% -703.63% -18.50% 14.55% 11.81% -32.40% 17.28% 14.39% 85.53% -25.54% -80.04% -118.94% -2222.73% 0.00% 48.16% -32.72% -12.05% -9.53% 5.03% 0.73% 4.53% -9.82% -5.33%   14.85% -3.20% 10.59% -7.14% -3.08% -68.93% 257.62% -45.96% 9.52% 73.19% 4648.56% -98.83% 107.24% 2.07% -28.62% 45.66% -45.58% -33.19% -414.65% -39.11%     24.90% 9.52% -8.77% 9.87% -18.17% 26.43% -16.80% 0.36% 18.40%                
      net income margin %
    3.29% -5.62% 3.39% 5.99% 3.82% 2.53% 9.77% 11.24% 8.47% 16.01% 9.12% 8.76% 12.82% 5.46% 8.98% 10.08% 10.78% 8.62% 10.10% 12.57% 12.54% -0.80% 5.67% -122.85% 10.79% 12.04% 11.00% 9.38% 13.34% 12.60% 12.15% 6.89% 9.07% 57.49% -312.24% 13.71% 13.71% 9.20% 13.85% 15.56% 16.74% 15.62% 14.80% 14.93% 15.68% 16.16% NaN% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% 4.13% 5.50% 4.05% 7.10% 9.92% -3.02% -4.57% NaN% NaN% NaN% 15.79% 12.55% 11.75% 12.86% 12.11% 14.23% 11.32% 13.11% 14.39% 11.74% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% 
      net income available to common stockholders:
                                                                                                   
      less: net income allocated to unvested restricted stock
    -200,000 150,000 -342,000                                                                                             
      net income available to common stockholders
    7,200,000 -12,087,000 6,984,000 13,213,000 7,844,000 5,019,000 18,508,000 22,479,000 16,961,000 32,273,000 18,048,000 17,802,000 26,731,000 11,029,000 20,373,000 23,289,000 24,252,000 19,413,000 22,609,000 28,705,000 25,055,000 -1,561,000 9,689,000 -130,016,000 21,580,000 26,485,000 23,122,000 20,671,000 30,532,000 26,063,000 22,788,000 12,285,000 16,505,000 85,134,000 -443,222,000 20,938,000 20,938,000 14,099,000 21,063,000 23,935,000 26,445,000 25,161,000 24,999,000 23,941,000 26,538,000 28,040,000  20,481,000 17,856,000 18,434,000 16,639,000 17,910,000 18,113,000 58,698,000 15,873,000 29,880,000 27,288,000 15,519,000 -284,000 28,056,000 7,772,000 7,442,000 12,807,000 7,877,000 18,776,000 30,628,000  -23,740,000                            
      net income available to common stockholders per share:
                                                                                                   
      basic
    0.59 -0.79 0.48 0.89 0.53 0.34 1.24 1.5 1.13 2.13 1.19 1.16 1.75 0.74 1.32 1.45 1.45 1.14 1.34 1.7 1.52 -0.09 0.6 -8.04 1.33 1.6 1.38 1.2 1.76 1.49 1.31 0.7 0.93 4.81 -24.98 1.18 1.18 0.8 1.19 1.33 1.46 1.38 1.36 1.29 1.41 1.49  1.09 0.95 0.98 0.88 0.95 0.97 3.26 0.89 1.69 1.53 0.86 -0.02 1.59 0.45 0.43 0.75 0.46 1.11 1.82 -0.98 -1.42                            
      diluted
    0.57 -0.79 0.48 0.89 0.53 0.34 1.24 1.5 1.13 2.13 1.19 1.16 1.74 0.74 1.32 1.45 1.45 1.14 1.33 1.69 1.51 -0.09 0.6 -8.04 1.31 1.58 1.36 1.18 1.73 1.47 1.29 0.69 0.92 4.81 -24.98 1.18 1.18 0.79 1.18 1.33 1.45 1.37 1.36 1.28 1.4 1.47  1.08 0.94 0.97 0.87 0.93 0.97 3.14 0.88 1.64 1.51 0.85 -0.02 1.53 0.44 0.42 0.75 0.46 1.09 1.8 -0.98 -1.42                            
      weighted-average shares outstanding:
                                                                                                   
      basic
    12.3 14.3 14,410 14,879 14,907 14,931 14,897 14,943 14,980 15,233 15,217 15,308 15,304 15,873 15,377 16,050 16,722 16,799 16,911 16,886 16,460 16,230 16,221 16,177 16,263 16,934 16,762 17,181 17,343 17,533 17,439 17,544 17,703 17,725 17,742 17,719 17,719 17,694 18,030 17,950 18,085 18,260 18,637 18,573 18,763 18,870 18,753 18,794 18,871 18,831 18,953 18,911 17,992 18,006 17,890 17,682 17,846 17,968 18,072 17,697 17,227 17,226 17,011 16,942 16,929 16,842  16,768    17,156 17,842 18,085     19,224 19,764 19,991               
      diluted
    12.6 14.3 14,410 14,879 14,907 14,931 14,897 14,943 14,980 15,242 15,220 15,317 15,339 15,901 15,403 16,080 16,758 16,890 16,971 16,977 16,630 16,230 16,283 16,177 16,470 17,245 17,055 17,563 17,690 17,789 17,738 17,803 17,845 17,740 17,742 17,725 17,725 17,737 18,125 18,041 18,188 18,373 18,768 18,706 18,895 19,019 18,956 19,054 19,141 19,085 19,222 19,193 18,877 18,924 18,138 18,651 18,185 18,243 18,072 18,763 17,568 17,560 17,972 16,942 17,845 17,394  16,768    17,328 18,046 18,298     19,394 19,968 20,213               
      other comprehensive income, net of tax:
                                                                                                   
      foreign currency translation adjustment
     250 -2,000 2,000 1,000 -9,000 2,000 -3,000 -2,000 3,000 -2,000 -1,000 1,000 3,000 -5,000 -3,000 -1,000  -2,000 -1,000 -1,000 1,000 2,000    -1,000 2,000 -1,000 1,000  -3,000 -3,000 4,000 -2,000     -1,000  1,000 -8,000 -14,000 3,000 -15,000  -6,000 -7,000 3,000 -4,000 -4,000 -2,000 5,000 -3,000 2,000                                        
      total comprehensive income
    7.4 -12,238,000 7,324,000 13,816,000 8,198,000 5,165,000 19,063,000 23,179,000 17,471,000 33,042,000 18,477,000 18,247,000 27,411,000 11,354,000 20,943,000 23,959,000 24,849,000 19,788,000 23,109,000 29,361,000 25,602,000 -1,560,000 10,020,000 -134,779,000 22,328,000 27,398,000 23,916,000 21,392,000 31,642,000 26,982,000 23,587,000 12,710,000  85,540,000 -451,720,000 21,280,000 21,280,000 14,363,000 21,347,000 24,272,000 26,829,000 25,544,000 25,349,000 24,243,000 26,900,000 28,397,000  20,818,000 18,124,000 18,733,000 16,933,000 18,235,000 18,817,000 60,578,000 16,935,000 31,486,000                                        
      company restaurant sales
     19,330,750 27,507,000 28,243,000 21,573,000 8,422,000 267,000 299,000 274,000 289,000 308,000 474,000 1,057,000 9,694,000 38,248,000 39,511,000 39,416,000 36,582,000 35,275,000 38,194,000 35,949,000 32,627,000 27,353,000 16,774,000 31,300,000 31,180,000 30,548,000 33,751,000 35,735,000                        16,862,000 79,572,000 93,802,000 100,885,000 110,029,000 131,618,000 134,634,000 154,703,000 206,907,000 210,695,000 224,614,000 206,357,000 222,268,000 238,205,000 265,919,000 296,496,000    4,625,000 3,984,000 3,936,000 3,492,000 2,785,000 3,372,000 2,598,000 3,574,000 3,806,000 3,986,000               
      financing revenues
     232,750 296,000 297,000 338,000 377,000 422,000 464,000 535,000 596,000 628,000 584,000 797,000 820,000 858,000 958,000 968,000 1,032,000 1,045,000 1,089,000 1,132,000 1,585,000 1,344,000 1,355,000 1,538,000 1,832,000 1,687,000 1,783,000 1,810,000 1,870,000 1,894,000 2,206,000 2,009,000 2,072,000 2,061,000 2,088,000 2,088,000 2,131,000 2,172,000 2,251,000 2,439,000 2,329,000 2,573,000 3,028,000 2,649,000 2,594,000  4,653,000 2,889,000 3,156,000 3,230,000 3,837,000 3,095,000 3,152,000 3,959,000 4,283,000 3,436,000 4,021,000 3,529,000 8,729,000 4,200,000 3,838,000 4,150,000 4,067,000 4,324,000 4,113,000 4,871,000 7,648,000    4,870,000 6,080,000 5,302,000 5,156,000 7,545,000 6,540,000 9,541,000 11,197,000 6,409,000 7,902,000               
      bad debt expense
     921,500 489,000  1,660,000    183,000   1,721,000 923,000         4,340,000 2,845,000 5,053,000 518,000                                                                       
      company restaurant expenses
     21,233,500 32,020,000 30,908,000 22,006,000 9,005,000 304,000 312,000 299,000 303,000 323,000 431,000 1,079,000 9,920,000 36,513,000 37,881,000 37,408,000 35,238,000 33,867,000 34,759,000 32,884,000 31,776,000 28,303,000 21,139,000 30,332,000 30,141,000 30,361,000 31,232,000 31,538,000                        16,998,000 68,541,000 79,574,000 84,183,000 95,422,000 113,976,000 117,279,000 131,766,000 177,230,000 182,048,000 192,559,000 179,306,000 192,181,000 200,415,000 236,356,000 259,723,000    5,317,000 4,558,000 4,660,000 4,054,000 3,131,000 3,756,000 2,942,000 3,559,000 3,788,000 4,806,000               
      rental expenses:
                                                                                                   
      interest expense from finance leases
     489,250 553,000 715,000 689,000 696,000 729,000 739,000 740,000 699,000 668,000 695,000 709,000 708,000 740,000 746,000 768,000 769,000 822,000 893,000 962,000 1,110,000 1,106,000 1,137,000 1,210,000 1,277,000 1,351,000 1,445,000 1,529,000                                                                   
      other rental expenses
     15,369,750 20,527,000 20,431,000 20,521,000 21,003,000 20,879,000 20,911,000 21,215,000 21,167,000 21,066,000 21,573,000 20,899,000 21,313,000 21,268,000 21,097,000 21,355,000 21,038,000 23,645,000 19,718,000 19,996,000 23,818,000 19,692,000 20,106,000 21,323,000 21,316,000 21,251,000 21,495,000 21,095,000                                                                   
      total rental expenses
     15,859,000 21,080,000 21,146,000 21,210,000 21,699,000 21,608,000 21,650,000 21,955,000 21,866,000 21,734,000 22,268,000 21,608,000 22,021,000 22,008,000 21,843,000 22,123,000 21,807,000 24,467,000 20,611,000 20,958,000 24,928,000 20,798,000 21,243,000 22,533,000 22,593,000 22,602,000 22,940,000 22,624,000                                                                   
      financing expenses
     45,000 62,000 57,000 61,000 68,000 76,000 81,000 84,000 86,000 91,000 94,000 98,000 102,000 104,000 106,000 107,000 108,000 113,000 115,000 128,000 135,000 123,000 128,000 142,000 142,000 145,000 146,000 146,000 148,000 150,000 149,000 150,000 149,000 449,000     9,000 146,000  4,000 504,000  12,000  585,000   245,000  37,000 15,000 916,000 655,000 -28,000 425,000 1,000 5,575,000 763,000 2,000 469,000 14,000 339,000 7,000 326,000 2,548,000    2,569,000 2,382,000 1,920,000 2,092,000 4,829,000 3,040,000 6,660,000 7,532,000 2,783,000 3,361,000               
      loss on extinguishment of debt
     50,000  850,000        1,671,000  290,250 1,161,000             8,276,000                    6,000 22,000  16,000 20,000 1,229,250 2,306,000  2,611,000                                        
      loss on disposition of assets
     -401,000 -19,000 31,000  -3,093,000 6,000 174,000 -237,000 41,000 191,000 2,047,000 71,000 496,000 -1,502,000 -234,000 -1,296,000 609,000 1,299,000 -30,000 167,000 -561,000 1,087,000 1,776,000 -233,000                            -22,410,500 -73,650,000       745,000 364,000                                  
      other comprehensive income net of tax:
                                                                                                   
      bad debt (credit) expense
       1,537,000  -98,750 151,000 -729,000  648,250 -51,000       -682,000 -1,962,000 -291,000 -1,993,000                                                                           
      less: net income allocated to unvested participating restricted stock
       -601,000 -353,000 -155,000 -553,000 -703,000 -512,000 -766,000 -431,000 -446,000 -679,000 -322,000 -575,000 -673,000 -598,000 -375,000 -502,000 -657,000 -548,000  -329,000  -748,000 -655,250 -795,000 -719,000 -1,111,000   -428,000 -568,000   -342,000 -342,000 -264,000 -284,000 -338,000 -384,000 -382,000 -358,000 -316,000 -359,000 -372,000  -343,000 -275,000 -296,000 -298,000 -329,000 -619,250 -1,187,000 -388,000 -796,000 -303,000 -359,000                                      
      gain on extinguishment of debt
                -1,661,000                                            1,971,250  939,000 6,946,000                                    
      bad debt credit
                 -130,750 -77,000 -147,000 -299,000                                                                               
      income tax benefit
                    -9,307,000 -8,691,000 -7,661,000 -9,296,000 1,589,000 -1,551,000 865,000 11,992,000      -5,073,000 -7,660,000   66,607,000 56,555,000                                                             
      impairment and closure charges
                       2,571,000  8,099,000 168,000 124,365,000          133,860,000 532,522,000                324,000 838,000 2,954,000 420,000 122,000 722,000 2,918,000 193,000 21,816,000  889,000 1,687,000  4,471,000 2,352,000  28,345,000 41,080,000          11,000 84,000 747,000 54,000               
      income before income tax provision
                           -146,771,000 29,066,000 25,482,750 31,732,000 29,067,000 41,132,000   24,596,000 22,711,000   39,745,000 39,745,000 24,225,000 34,774,000 37,505,000 39,738,000 41,105,000 39,448,000 39,597,000 43,512,000 46,092,000                                                  
      less: net loss allocated to unvested participating restricted stock
                           4,763,000                                           687,000                             
      advertising revenue
                            61,723,000 71,133,000 67,514,000 71,738,000 72,630,000                                                                   
      closure and impairment (credit) charges
                            -12,000                                                                       
      debt refinancing costs
                                 -9,000 2,532,000                                                                 
      adjustment to unrealized loss on available-for-sale investments
                                    50,000                       140,000                                        
      franchise revenues
                                 117,333,000 162,078,000 151,941,000 155,313,000                    107,917,000 102,674,000 102,459,000 108,409,000 97,757,000 97,679,000 98,551,000 104,552,000 92,083,000 93,203,000 95,276,000 90,198,000 90,514,000 98,210,000 87,429,000 87,421,000    46,934,000 47,050,000 45,625,000 45,961,000 42,490,000 45,255,000 43,308,000 43,292,000 39,887,000 40,897,000               
      franchise expenses
                                 60,789,250 78,341,000 82,944,000 81,872,000                    28,774,000 27,148,000 26,346,000 27,632,000 26,350,000 25,006,000 26,207,000 27,443,000 25,513,000 25,950,000 24,905,000 25,377,000 23,736,000 28,298,000 24,255,000 22,384,000    21,369,000 21,221,000 21,835,000 21,520,000 19,226,000 20,498,000 20,397,000 20,720,000 18,196,000 19,455,000               
      closure and other impairment charges
                                 1,988,000 217,000                                                                 
      impairment of goodwill and intangible assets
                                                                                                   
      income before income tax benefit
                                 32,054,000 31,247,000   18,929,000 -508,273,000                                                             
      less: net (income) loss allocated to unvested participating restricted stock
                                 -918,000 -799,000                                                                 
      dividends declared per common share
                                 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.875 0.875 0.875  0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75               0.25 0.25                            
      dividends paid per common share
                                 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.875 0.875 0.875 0.875  0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75               0.25 0.25                            
      closure and impairment (credits) charges
                                   -2,702,000                                                                
      net income and total comprehensive income
                                    17,120,000                                                               
      franchise and restaurant revenues
                                     116,118,000 112,347,000 122,987,000 122,987,000 123,578,000 121,711,000 123,259,000 126,989,000 129,786,000 134,832,000 128,188,000 137,768,000 141,818,000  131,795,000 122,967,000 127,137,000 124,153,000 128,329,000                                            
      franchise and restaurant expenses
                                     48,507,000 41,800,000 40,669,000 40,669,000 41,007,000 40,731,000 41,553,000 39,707,000 40,869,000 41,553,000 41,984,000 51,423,000 52,026,000  45,678,000 42,357,000 44,091,000 42,308,000 44,476,000                                            
      (gain) loss on disposition of assets
                                     138,000 -35,000 -6,243,000 -6,243,000 -109,000   -48,000  1,393,000 -2,351,000  -9,000                                                  
      less: net income (income) allocated to unvested participating restricted stock
                                     -402,000 8,496,000                        7,000                                     
      segment revenues:
                                                                                                   
      total segment revenues
                                                   167,201,000 157,901,000 161,283,000 158,114,000 163,169,000 158,637,000 216,318,000 229,391,000 245,582,000 208,254,750 264,481,000 268,338,000 300,200,000 335,400,000                                   
      segment expenses:
                                                                                                   
      total segment expenses
                                                   70,129,000 66,702,000 68,240,000 67,088,000 68,745,000 69,899,000 119,941,000 131,137,000 137,007,000 146,157,000 163,928,000 168,053,000 189,431,000 227,422,000                                   
      gross segment profit
                                                   97,072,000 91,199,000 93,043,000 91,026,000 94,424,000 88,738,000 96,377,000 98,254,000 108,575,000 96,022,000 100,553,000 100,285,000 110,769,000                                    
      debt modification costs
                                                       1,296,000     -72,000  10,000 4,114,000                                    
      other comprehensive loss, net of tax:
                                                                                                   
      less: accretion of series b convertible preferred stock
                                                        -508,250 -688,000                                          
      provision for income taxes
                                                        -13,553,750 -26,023,000                    5,376,750 6,880,000 6,908,000 7,719,000 6,109,000 7,161,000 7,404,000 6,255,000               
      other comprehensive income:
                                                                                                   
      benefit from income taxes
                                                          -10,489,000 -17,703,000 -5,416,750 -8,702,000        16,743,000      6,029,000 6,616,000                       
      less: accretion of series b preferred stock
                                                          -677,000 -668,000 -658,000 -647,000                                      
      less: series a preferred stock dividends
                                                                                                   
      net income available to common stockholders per share
                                                                                                   
      basic
    0.59 -0.79 0.48 0.89 0.53 0.34 1.24 1.5 1.13 2.13 1.19 1.16 1.75 0.74 1.32 1.45 1.45 1.14 1.34 1.7 1.52 -0.09 0.6 -8.04 1.33 1.6 1.38 1.2 1.76 1.49 1.31 0.7 0.93 4.81 -24.98 1.18 1.18 0.8 1.19 1.33 1.46 1.38 1.36 1.29 1.41 1.49  1.09 0.95 0.98 0.88 0.95 0.97 3.26 0.89 1.69 1.53 0.86 -0.02 1.59 0.45 0.43 0.75 0.46 1.11 1.82 -0.98 -1.42                            
      diluted
    0.57 -0.79 0.48 0.89 0.53 0.34 1.24 1.5 1.13 2.13 1.19 1.16 1.74 0.74 1.32 1.45 1.45 1.14 1.33 1.69 1.51 -0.09 0.6 -8.04 1.31 1.58 1.36 1.18 1.73 1.47 1.29 0.69 0.92 4.81 -24.98 1.18 1.18 0.79 1.18 1.33 1.45 1.37 1.36 1.28 1.4 1.47  1.08 0.94 0.97 0.87 0.93 0.97 3.14 0.88 1.64 1.51 0.85 -0.02 1.53 0.44 0.42 0.75 0.46 1.09 1.8 -0.98 -1.42                            
      weighted-average shares outstanding
                                                                                                   
      basic
    12.3 14.3 14,410 14,879 14,907 14,931 14,897 14,943 14,980 15,233 15,217 15,308 15,304 15,873 15,377 16,050 16,722 16,799 16,911 16,886 16,460 16,230 16,221 16,177 16,263 16,934 16,762 17,181 17,343 17,533 17,439 17,544 17,703 17,725 17,742 17,719 17,719 17,694 18,030 17,950 18,085 18,260 18,637 18,573 18,763 18,870 18,753 18,794 18,871 18,831 18,953 18,911 17,992 18,006 17,890 17,682 17,846 17,968 18,072 17,697 17,227 17,226 17,011 16,942 16,929 16,842  16,768    17,156 17,842 18,085     19,224 19,764 19,991               
      diluted
    12.6 14.3 14,410 14,879 14,907 14,931 14,897 14,943 14,980 15,242 15,220 15,317 15,339 15,901 15,403 16,080 16,758 16,890 16,971 16,977 16,630 16,230 16,283 16,177 16,470 17,245 17,055 17,563 17,690 17,789 17,738 17,803 17,845 17,740 17,742 17,725 17,725 17,737 18,125 18,041 18,188 18,373 18,768 18,706 18,895 19,019 18,956 19,054 19,141 19,085 19,222 19,193 18,877 18,924 18,138 18,651 18,185 18,243 18,072 18,763 17,568 17,560 17,972 16,942 17,845 17,394  16,768    17,328 18,046 18,298     19,394 19,968 20,213               
      impairment and closure costs
                                                               4,938,000                                    
      other expense
                                                                838,000 956,000            929,500 1,567,000 979,000 1,172,000 1,325,000 760,000 1,214,000 1,571,000               
      revenues
                                                                                                   
      costs and expenses
                                                                                                   
      total costs and expenses
                                                                 317,550,000 328,200,000 316,356,000 313,282,000 320,353,000 405,988,000 454,164,000    69,328,000 72,195,000 70,812,000 69,834,000 67,860,000 68,204,000 71,920,000 72,169,000 63,575,000 69,493,000               
      rental income
                                                                  33,932,000   33,709,000 32,962,000 32,568,000    33,058,000 33,010,000 33,069,000 33,428,000 32,254,000 33,350,000 32,543,000 33,239,000 32,806,000 33,038,000               
      other income
                                                                  1,498,000 888,000        1,376,000 1,109,000                       
      benefit for income taxes
                                                                       10,760,000                            
      loss on derivative financial instrument
                                                                                                   
      (loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes
                                                                                                   
      benefit (provision) for income taxes
                                                                      3,096,000                             
      (loss) income from continuing operations
                                                                                                   
      loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                                                   
      net (loss) income
                                                                      -11,804,000                             
      net (loss) income available to common stockholders
                                                                      -16,411,000                             
      weighted average shares outstanding
                                                                                                   
      basic
                                                                      16,786        17,921 18,159 18,421 19,405    20,606              
      diluted
                                                                      16,786        18,123 18,369 18,650 19,603    20,791              
      early debt extinguishment costs
                                                                            2,223,000                       
      income from continuing operations before income taxes
                                                                                                   
      income from continuing operations
                                                                                                   
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                                                   
      less: unvested participating restricted stock
                                                                       930,000                            
      income before benefit from income taxes
                                                                           20,159,000 17,929,000                       
      net income per share
                                                                                                   
      basic
                                                                           0.82 0.63 0.58 0.63 0.57 0.68 0.53 0.62 0.6 0.5               
      diluted
                                                                           0.82 0.63 0.57 0.62 0.56 0.68 0.53 0.62 0.6 0.5               
      dividends declared per share
                                                                           0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25               
      dividends paid per share
                                                                           0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25               
      income before provision for income taxes
                                                                             13,932,500 18,203,000 17,214,000 20,313,000 13,699,000 19,133,000 19,333,000 16,330,000               
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        assets
                                                                                            
        current assets:
                                                                                            
        cash and cash equivalents
      104,200,000 128,200,000 167,950,000 194,201,000 186,505,000 186,650,000 169,636,000 153,534,000 144,994,000 146,034,000 98,197,000 97,953,000 181,606,000 269,655,000 355,288,000 263,536,000 294,738,000 361,412,000 304,159,000 259,461,000 179,567,000 383,369,000 309,278,000 278,507,000 344,560,000 116,043,000 100,518,000 127,555,000 132,932,000 137,164,000 102,667,000 95,718,000 96,399,000 117,010,000 104,212,000 112,346,000 129,249,000 140,535,000 107,823,000 118,293,000 140,330,000 144,785,000 105,886,000 104,383,000 133,470,000 104,004,000 132,859,000 100,350,000 133,218,000 106,011,000 95,535,000 75,637,000 117,382,000 64,537,000 71,838,000 32,371,000 48,684,000 60,691,000 53,940,000 34,522,000 50,360,000 105,230,000 64,120,000 68,459,000 105,075,000 80,370,000 97,456,000 100,144,000 38,033,000  32,561,000 51,818,000 19,516,000 26,410,000 21,301,000 34,919,000 23,111,000 28,084,000 44,793,000 64,139,000 44,031,000      
        receivables
      89,500,000                        80,415,000 136,869,000 91,426,000 98,786,000 97,786,000 137,504,000 94,296,000 103,015,000 105,834,000 150,174,000 96,657,000 97,487,000 96,029,000 141,389,000 93,935,000 101,081,000 97,871,000 139,206,000 91,085,000 107,807,000 93,532,000 153,498,000 91,292,000 91,187,000 91,493,000 144,137,000 87,276,000 94,200,000 81,587,000 128,610,000 75,532,000 77,873,000 80,746,000 115,667,000 73,071,000 71,866,000 73,929,000 72,080,000 75,420,000 77,706,000 77,282,000 81,595,000 80,988,000 79,133,000 87,260,000  42,530,000 42,811,000 45,571,000 41,363,000 40,623,000 42,816,000 43,690,000 42,155,000 44,409,000 44,077,000 44,403,000      
        restricted cash
      46,700,000 51,500,000 61,163,000 47,003,000 44,439,000 42,448,000 45,974,000 45,357,000 47,631,000 35,058,000 41,932,000 39,365,000 37,098,000 38,929,000 52,517,000 49,776,000 47,168,000 47,541,000 64,685,000 72,137,000 60,063,000 39,884,000 47,511,000 31,184,000 34,159,000 40,732,000 36,694,000 34,387,000 36,654,000 48,515,000 41,866,000 39,430,000 32,391,000 31,436,000 31,338,000 31,411,000 31,311,000 30,256,000 34,958,000 42,831,000 36,927,000 32,528,000 42,226,000 41,255,000 40,701,000 52,262,000             3,221,000 91,000 3,975,000 50,790,000 60,624,000 69,584,000 75,382,000 68,514,000 100,528,000 82,030,000 142,003,000                  
        prepaid expenses
      41,000,000 49,000,000 11,945,000                                                        14,439,000 13,776,000 13,958,000 16,024,000 16,663,000 16,689,000 15,853,000 16,660,000 15,906,000 11,041,000 12,288,000  10,096,000 5,704,000 7,493,000 3,214,000 2,785,000 1,458,000 2,899,000 1,437,000 1,931,000 1,385,000 2,412,000      
        other current assets
      2,300,000 4,100,000 4,304,000 18,340,000 15,727,000 11,685,000 8,108,000 11,259,000 10,638,000 15,759,000 11,317,000 13,352,000 12,831,000 17,901,000 11,075,000 12,710,000 10,092,000 6,728,000 8,744,000 8,134,000 9,171,000 6,098,000 5,942,000 6,410,000 6,254,000 3,906,000 6,928,000 7,016,000 5,980,000 3,410,000 3,361,000 6,764,000 6,906,000 12,615,000 5,703,000 6,584,000 5,102,000 4,370,000 5,036,000 5,637,000 4,737,000 4,212,000 5,548,000 12,835,000 12,905,000 9,239,000 10,788,000 12,323,000 8,092,000 3,650,000 7,683,000 4,058,000 8,050,000 13,214,000 15,311,000 21,170,000 18,448,000 8,051,000                             
        total current assets
      283,700,000 351,800,000 358,514,000 370,749,000 360,121,000 385,999,000 331,431,000 319,602,000 317,199,000 357,778,000 263,801,000 269,806,000 348,371,000 479,764,000 645,786,000 449,828,000 476,855,000 574,353,000 493,638,000 461,153,000 385,709,000 586,506,000 524,400,000 485,970,000 499,990,000 346,917,000 276,005,000 304,278,000 322,767,000 382,190,000 314,774,000 316,498,000 308,782,000 395,614,000 283,326,000 292,650,000 299,022,000 366,148,000 280,446,000 304,297,000 317,067,000 372,709,000 324,178,000 347,582,000 356,559,000 412,884,000 308,581,000 273,193,000 298,863,000 331,582,000 261,764,000 240,196,000 268,477,000 294,455,000 242,903,000 231,175,000 215,153,000 276,947,000 265,516,000 249,970,000 210,554,000 325,720,000 269,051,000 281,728,000 317,798,000 292,832,000 342,784,000 374,132,000 379,777,000  91,560,000 106,857,000 78,393,000 71,346,000 65,234,000 79,889,000 70,510,000 85,006,000 105,280,000 116,526,000 106,614,000      
        intangible assets
      530,600,000                                                                                      
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      347,900,000 328,700,000 331,819,000 341,526,000 332,907,000 323,468,000 282,202,000 280,641,000 278,056,000 275,214,000 283,854,000 283,892,000 290,859,000 289,123,000 298,102,000 355,149,000 329,895,000 335,428,000 334,624,000 331,826,000 338,572,000 346,086,000 355,766,000 349,103,000 364,875,000 366,931,000 370,500,000 378,520,000 383,962,000                                                          
        goodwill
      249,600,000 249,600,000 249,557,000 250,260,000 248,622,000 248,622,000 254,062,000 254,062,000 254,062,000 254,062,000 254,057,000 254,057,000 254,120,000 253,956,000 247,002,000 251,628,000 251,628,000 251,628,000 251,628,000 251,628,000 251,628,000 251,628,000 251,628,000 251,628,000 343,862,000 343,862,000 343,862,000 343,862,000 343,862,000 345,314,000 339,236,000 339,236,000 339,236,000 339,236,000 339,236,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 697,470,000 810,874,000 820,686,000                  
        property and equipment
      165,300,000 160,500,000 155,165,000 154,271,000 155,251,000 156,134,000 154,932,000 158,101,000 159,706,000 161,891,000 162,055,000 157,508,000 158,715,000 145,277,000 135,368,000 175,265,000 175,515,000 179,411,000 175,318,000 178,571,000 182,661,000 187,977,000 195,105,000 203,540,000 211,835,000 216,420,000 220,744,000 222,818,000 225,396,000 240,264,000 195,693,000 197,220,000 198,624,000 199,585,000 199,857,000 200,815,000 203,139,000 205,055,000 205,230,000 209,323,000 214,206,000 219,580,000 226,234,000 231,124,000 235,355,000 241,229,000 252,673,000 261,201,000 264,855,000 274,295,000 281,432,000 285,379,000 289,723,000 294,375,000 345,603,000 435,582,000 462,427,000 474,154,000 524,947,000 531,805,000 568,913,000 711,991,000 750,270,000 760,362,000 784,911,000 805,137,000 809,004,000 901,073,000 933,371,000  300,588,000 305,637,000 309,737,000 312,194,000 311,838,000 313,205,000 317,959,000 317,212,000 320,538,000 323,711,000 326,848,000      
        long-term receivables, net of allowance
      31,900,000                                                                                      
        non-current restricted cash
      22,000,000 22,000,000 22,000,000 22,000,000 19,500,000 19,500,000 19,500,000 19,500,000 19,500,000 19,500,000 19,500,000 19,500,000 16,400,000 16,400,000 16,400,000 16,400,000 16,400,000 16,400,000 16,400,000 16,400,000 32,800,000 32,800,000 32,800,000 32,800,000 16,400,000 15,700,000 15,700,000 15,700,000 14,700,000 14,700,000 14,700,000 14,700,000 14,700,000  14,700,000 14,700,000 14,700,000                       49,000 49,000 44,696,000 45,461,000 45,799,000 50,683,000 50,937,000 51,882,000 55,528,000 57,763,000                  
        other non-current assets
      57,700,000 57,100,000 36,925,000 26,852,000 22,308,000 20,530,000 18,874,000 18,195,000 16,734,000 16,881,000 16,407,000 16,691,000 17,668,000 17,917,000 14,823,000 9,880,000 10,247,000 10,006,000 10,450,000 10,902,000 11,503,000 9,316,000 25,918,000 25,590,000 25,552,000 28,271,000 27,712,000 27,601,000 27,239,000 26,152,000 9,012,000 4,752,000 3,983,000 18,835,000 3,825,000 3,717,000 3,680,000 18,346,000 18,396,000 18,358,000 18,204,000 18,417,000 39,835,000 40,972,000 41,553,000 42,216,000                                         
        total assets
      1,688,700,000 1,737,700,000 1,773,858,000 1,789,947,000 1,766,340,000 1,790,584,000 1,699,539,000 1,693,502,000 1,695,209,000 1,740,287,000 1,659,581,000 1,666,553,000 1,758,069,000 1,881,491,000 1,972,021,000 1,881,766,000 1,888,283,000 1,999,366,000 1,922,499,000 1,895,923,000 1,856,289,000 2,074,945,000 2,070,916,000 2,043,267,000 2,185,470,000 2,049,511,000 1,997,508,000 2,040,658,000 2,076,117,000 1,774,680,000 1,649,682,000 1,650,306,000 1,651,046,000 1,750,240,000 1,641,208,000 2,191,657,000 2,201,482,000 2,278,583,000 2,200,421,000 2,237,268,000 2,262,192,000 2,331,850,000 2,318,286,000 2,355,858,000 2,377,314,000 2,448,108,000 2,342,758,000 2,319,089,000 2,355,247,000 2,404,642,000 2,347,716,000 2,337,442,000 2,377,660,000 2,415,400,000 2,421,757,000 2,513,947,000 2,534,486,000 2,614,294,000 2,662,339,000 2,660,396,000 2,666,099,000 2,994,529,000 2,985,832,000 3,019,497,000 3,202,242,000 3,207,933,000 3,274,140,000 3,584,667,000 3,646,137,000  779,558,000 801,529,000 768,870,000 761,609,000 756,478,000 774,990,000 771,080,000 786,634,000 809,634,000 828,294,000 821,677,000      
        liabilities and stockholders’ deficit
                                                                                            
        current liabilities:
                                                                                            
        accounts payable and other accrued liabilities
      74,400,000 93,200,000                                                                                     
        gift card liability
      156,400,000 182,700,000 143,164,000 148,237,000 149,122,000 177,584,000 137,020,000 142,206,000 146,714,000 175,640,000 131,490,000 137,530,000 140,769,000 171,966,000 126,161,000 133,874,000 137,123,000 165,530,000 115,878,000 120,842,000 121,814,000 144,159,000 114,495,000 121,994,000 120,187,000 159,019,000 103,756,000 111,281,000 115,974,000 160,438,000 99,769,000 108,695,000 117,266,000 164,441,000 104,317,000 115,516,000 119,702,000 170,812,000 104,201,000 114,302,000 119,162,000 167,657,000 105,559,000 116,865,000 119,072,000 179,760,000 100,688,000 108,046,000 111,020,000 171,955,000 93,198,000 101,753,000 107,358,000 161,689,000 84,115,000 91,266,000 92,154,000 146,955,000 68,066,000 75,789,000 77,974,000 55,723,000 60,943,000 65,294,000                       
        current portion of operating leases obligations
      67,900,000 67,600,000                                                                                     
        current portion of finance leases
      6,400,000 6,600,000                                                                                     
        dividends payable
      2,500,000 2,500,000 7,350,000 7,844,000 7,975,000 7,790,000 7,790,000 7,805,000 7,881,000 7,827,000  7,980,000  8,017,000  8,239,000  6,919,000       12,739,000 11,702,000 11,831,000 12,176,000 12,461,000 11,389,000 11,398,000 11,430,000 11,520,000 17,748,000 17,755,000 17,490,000 17,490,000 17,465,000 16,675,000 16,792,000 17,011,000 17,082,000 16,408,000 16,546,000 16,704,000 16,635,000                                         
        accrued interest payable
      7,300,000 7,300,000 17,040,000                                   4,308,000 4,314,000 4,310,000 4,287,000 4,257,000 3,851,000 3,886,000 3,897,000 14,126,000 31,618,000 13,622,000 31,671,000 13,575,000 35,825,000 13,291,000 31,580,000 13,236,000 31,452,000 12,437,000 30,509,000 12,537,000 31,763,000 13,455,000 34,711,000  3,936,000 3,326,000 3,393,000 3,391,000 4,470,000 3,724,000 5,502,000                  
        deferred franchise revenue, short-term
      5,400,000 5,600,000              7,077,000 7,028,000 7,246,000 7,388,000 7,447,000 8,990,000 7,682,000 7,862,000 8,921,000 9,567,000 10,086,000 10,328,000 10,244,000 10,376,000 10,138,000 10,641,000 10,765,000 10,851,000                                                      
        total current liabilities
      320,300,000 365,600,000 340,110,000 431,247,000 414,679,000 445,305,000 386,850,000 394,171,000 409,970,000 460,452,000 384,337,000 400,182,000 405,172,000 470,722,000 519,106,000 343,798,000 334,770,000 410,730,000 344,982,000 344,855,000 335,096,000 348,568,000 321,111,000 300,706,000 290,578,000 357,912,000 290,734,000 296,401,000 303,090,000 316,186,000 232,251,000 250,921,000 235,969,000 295,702,000 203,387,000 214,047,000 223,889,000 286,312,000 206,393,000 235,675,000 246,030,000 298,429,000 209,860,000 235,622,000 242,544,000 313,049,000 252,265,000 224,776,000 245,774,000 284,273,000 217,320,000 203,595,000 226,349,000 267,760,000 212,893,000 196,346,000 229,665,000 257,644,000 219,311,000 208,212,000 222,461,000 193,353,000 195,616,000 219,867,000 199,693,000 202,451,000 257,888,000 208,795,000 254,687,000  46,509,000 41,678,000 64,105,000 57,721,000 63,504,000 65,968,000 61,795,000 50,176,000 49,916,000 50,760,000 50,353,000      
        long-term debt
      1,188,800,000              1,281,318,000 1,280,747,000 1,280,182,000  1,279,071,000 1,278,504,000 1,271,438,000  1,494,538,000 1,497,116,000 1,506,203,000           1,284,354,000 1,283,518,000 1,282,691,000 1,281,873,000 1,281,064,000 1,280,264,000 1,279,473,000 1,300,000,000 1,300,000,000 1,300,000,000  1,202,759,000 1,202,995,000                    1,920,789,000 1,955,238,000                  
        operating lease obligations, less current portion
      323,300,000 305,300,000                                                                                     
        finance lease obligations, less current portion
      30,600,000 32,200,000                                                                                     
        deferred income taxes
      49,100,000 51,200,000 58,772,000 50,441,000 50,079,000 54,572,000 57,493,000 58,898,000 58,808,000 60,829,000 70,229,000 70,036,000 67,351,000 74,651,000 74,681,000 75,064,000 73,634,000 76,228,000 69,008,000 67,780,000 70,006,000 78,293,000 83,502,000 86,221,000 87,851,000 98,499,000 100,455,000 98,294,000 102,074,000 105,816,000 113,320,000 112,073,000 114,522,000 138,177,000 178,848,000 247,682,000 251,749,000 253,898,000 252,907,000 254,758,000 262,004,000 269,469,000 35,488,000 38,465,000 34,743,000 30,860,000 32,517,000 28,874,000 26,501,000 23,853,000 24,811,000 22,810,000 20,048,000 21,772,000 23,659,000 24,984,000 22,852,000 20,579,000 31,367,000 39,255,000 27,128,000 19,091,000 19,050,000 15,731,000 24,526,000 27,249,000 27,917,000 55,992,000 40,649,000  5,643,000 5,664,000 5,417,000 2,617,000 2,606,000 3,091,000 2,882,000 5,796,000 4,730,000 4,380,000 2,800,000      
        deferred franchise revenue, long-term
      33,500,000 34,200,000 33,872,000 34,294,000 35,397,000 36,700,000 37,681,000 37,201,000 37,288,000 38,658,000 40,143,000 40,956,000 41,204,000 42,343,000 42,616,000 43,873,000 45,141,000 46,100,000 46,723,000 47,794,000 49,364,000 52,237,000 54,101,000 53,269,000 56,046,000 56,944,000 57,997,000 60,302,000 62,472,000 64,557,000 65,920,000 67,246,000 68,581,000                                                      
        other non-current liabilities
      33,100,000 35,000,000 15,818,000 17,325,000 16,451,000 15,462,000 16,216,000 15,930,000 16,887,000 16,350,000 17,762,000 17,437,000 17,410,000 19,090,000 16,263,000 15,322,000 14,724,000 17,052,000 19,495,000 17,975,000 14,594,000 11,530,000 15,264,000 15,375,000 15,567,000 15,582,000 11,946,000 11,967,000 12,092,000 27,319,000 20,461,000 20,927,000 19,772,000 23,003,000 24,036,000 21,920,000 18,969,000 19,174,000 18,027,000 18,235,000 21,269,000 20,683,000 21,355,000 21,365,000 22,576,000 20,857,000                                         
        total liabilities
      1,978,700,000 2,011,500,000 2,005,776,000 2,002,492,000 1,982,086,000 2,006,603,000 1,916,209,000 1,925,204,000 1,940,014,000 1,991,261,000 1,933,287,000 1,947,554,000 2,046,752,000 2,182,575,000 2,273,615,000 2,190,422,000 2,153,455,000 2,242,173,000 2,176,816,000 2,178,674,000 2,173,691,000 2,429,596,000 2,427,280,000 2,411,838,000 2,421,847,000 2,291,285,000 2,237,290,000 2,255,783,000 2,266,938,000 1,976,953,000 1,863,076,000 1,873,557,000 1,867,932,000 1,896,938,000 1,857,885,000 1,940,173,000 1,956,156,000 2,025,811,000 1,943,895,000 1,981,102,000 2,001,887,000 2,064,627,000 2,042,976,000 2,074,986,000 2,089,120,000 2,169,035,000 2,025,383,000 2,008,496,000 2,037,067,000 2,089,463,000 2,037,720,000 2,024,920,000 2,056,661,000 2,106,595,000 2,138,652,000 2,297,304,000 2,338,806,000 2,459,074,000 2,538,865,000 2,534,168,000 2,543,710,000 2,685,720,000 2,692,437,000 2,740,712,000 2,899,894,000 2,917,652,000 3,008,450,000                    
        stockholders’ deficit:
                                                                                            
        preferred stock, 1 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding
                                                                                            
        common stock, 0.01 par value...
      200,000 200,000 247,000 247,000 247,000 248,000 248,000 248,000 248,000 249,000 249,000 249,000 249,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 249,000 249,000 249,000 249,000 249,000 249,000 249,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 251,000 251,000 251,000 251,000 252,000 252,000 252,000 252,000 252,000 252,000 252,000 253,000 253,000 253,000 253,000 253,000 253,000 254,000 254,000 247,000 246,000  247,000    242,000 241,000                        
        additional paid-in-capital
      221,500,000 239,900,000 237,848,000 236,117,000 233,443,000 254,814,000 252,994,000 249,265,000 245,680,000 256,542,000 253,080,000 250,808,000 248,187,000 259,339,000 256,508,000 253,213,000 250,150,000 256,189,000 253,751,000 250,509,000 247,498,000 257,625,000 255,907,000 254,429,000 252,443,000 246,192,000 243,358,000 240,555,000 239,585,000 237,726,000 246,625,000 254,912,000 264,994,000 276,408,000 292,255,000 292,387,000 291,478,000 292,809,000 290,365,000 288,279,000 287,601,000 286,952,000 284,787,000 284,055,000 283,000,000 279,946,000 278,213,000 276,636,000 274,557,000 274,202,000 270,799,000 269,477,000 267,038,000 264,342,000 214,440,000 209,737,000 206,476,000 205,663,000 203,971,000 203,495,000 201,420,000 184,369,000 180,025,000 176,044,000 169,486,000 168,435,000 166,039,000 163,480,000 157,918,000    131,748,000    120,922,000    112,897,000      
        retained earnings
      180,000,000 175,100,000 189,846,000 189,849,000 183,857,000 183,614,000 186,237,000 174,972,000 159,597,000 150,008,000 124,806,000 114,226,000 103,931,000 84,538,000 81,179,000 68,265,000 52,516,000 35,415,000 22,523,000      70,769,000 61,653,000 45,939,000 33,832,000 24,588,000 10,414,000      382,808,000 378,988,000 382,082,000 378,172,000 370,546,000 360,483,000 351,923,000 343,621,000 335,750,000 325,374,000 313,644,000 352,685,000 348,026,000 343,095,000 336,578,000 332,740,000 328,311,000 325,761,000 322,045,000 303,691,000 243,806,000 227,545,000 196,869,000 168,907,000 153,029,000 153,320,000 184,531,000 176,451,000 168,713,000 205,314,000 197,136,000 177,641,000 292,602,000 314,080,000  375,109,000 365,335,000 358,975,000 353,102,000 346,278,000 340,551,000 332,560,000 327,287,000 320,175,000 313,256,000 308,173,000      
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -100,000 -100,000 -75,000 -73,000 -75,000 -76,000 -67,000 -69,000 -66,000 -64,000 -67,000 -65,000 -64,000 -65,000 -68,000 -63,000 -60,000 -59,000 -59,000 -57,000 -56,000 -55,000 -56,000 -58,000 -58,000 -58,000 -60,000 -59,000 -61,000 -60,000 -61,000 -61,000 -58,000 -105,000 -105,000 -107,000 -107,000 -107,000 -107,000 -106,000 -106,000 -107,000 -99,000 -85,000 -88,000 -73,000 -65,000 -56,000 -170,000 -164,000 -157,000 -160,000 -156,000 -152,000 -150,000 -155,000 -152,000 -294,000 -312,000               -143,000 -70,000 -127,000  -254,000 -340,000 -288,000       
        treasury stock
      -691,700,000 -689,100,000 -659,784,000 -638,685,000 -633,218,000 -654,619,000 -656,082,000 -656,118,000 -650,264,000 -657,709,000 -651,774,000 -646,219,000 -640,986,000 -645,146,000 -639,463,000 -630,321,000 -568,028,000 -534,602,000 -530,782,000 -532,865,000 -535,144,000 -556,917,000 -558,472,000 -559,181,000 -559,780,000 -549,810,000 -529,268,000 -489,702,000 -455,183,000 -450,603,000 -443,641,000 -438,198,000 -429,205,000 -422,153,000 -422,443,000 -423,855,000 -425,284,000 -422,263,000 -412,155,000 -402,805,000 -387,925,000 -371,797,000 -353,251,000 -339,100,000 -320,344,000 -314,696,000 -313,711,000 -314,266,000 -299,555,000 -295,690,000 -293,639,000 -285,359,000 -271,898,000 -277,684,000 -281,664,000 -282,844,000 -283,611,000 -291,773,000 -293,189,000            -277,654,000 -238,207,000  -201,604,000 -188,489,000 -169,537,000  -137,852,000 -107,556,000 -83,628,000       
        total stockholders’ deficit
      -290,000,000  -231,918,000 -212,545,000 -215,746,000  -216,670,000 -231,702,000 -244,805,000  -273,706,000 -281,001,000 -288,683,000  -301,594,000 -308,656,000 -265,172,000  -254,317,000 -282,751,000 -317,402,000  -356,364,000 -368,571,000 -236,377,000  -239,782,000 -215,125,000 -190,821,000  -213,394,000 -223,251,000 -216,886,000                                                      
        total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit
      1,688,700,000  1,773,858,000 1,789,947,000 1,766,340,000  1,699,539,000 1,693,502,000 1,695,209,000  1,659,581,000 1,666,553,000 1,758,069,000  1,972,021,000 1,881,766,000 1,888,283,000  1,922,499,000 1,895,923,000 1,856,289,000  2,070,916,000 2,043,267,000 2,185,470,000  1,997,508,000 2,040,658,000 2,076,117,000  1,649,682,000 1,650,306,000 1,651,046,000                                                      
        accounts receivable
       119,000,000 90,329,000 91,223,000 91,151,000 115,218,000 83,414,000 83,184,000 90,694,000 127,937,000 85,742,000 90,596,000 93,119,000 119,981,000 89,529,000 91,888,000 94,009,000 119,968,000 92,135,000 99,308,000 107,387,000 121,897,000 122,148,000 124,619,000                                                               
        other intangible assets
       534,100,000 566,241,000 568,710,000 570,262,000 575,654,000 578,309,000 580,793,000 583,373,000 586,033,000 588,692,000 591,437,000 594,333,000 597,028,000 526,989,000 534,247,000 536,812,000 539,390,000 541,999,000 544,587,000 547,098,000 549,671,000 552,943,000 555,495,000 572,449,000 575,103,000 577,357,000 580,197,000 583,040,000 585,889,000 576,789,000 579,369,000 581,639,000 582,787,000 585,160,000 760,977,000 761,021,000 763,431,000 765,773,000 768,096,000 770,447,000 772,949,000 775,128,000 777,425,000 779,878,000 782,336,000 785,078,000 788,105,000 791,033,000 794,057,000 797,061,000 800,076,000 803,067,000 806,093,000 809,217,000 815,577,000 818,783,000 822,361,000 825,046,000 828,167,000 832,476,000 840,685,000 843,529,000 846,871,000 946,503,000 949,507,000 952,758,000 1,005,148,000 1,008,423,000                  
        long-term receivables, net of allowance of 1.2
       33,800,000                                                                                     
        liabilities and stockholders' deficit
                                                                                            
        current portion of long-term debt
                                                                                            
        long-term debt, net, less current portion
       1,188,200,000                                                                                     
        stockholders' deficit:
                                                                                            
        preferred stock, 1 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding
                                                                                            
        total stockholders' deficit
       -273,900,000    -216,019,000    -250,974,000    -301,084,000    -242,807,000    -354,651,000    -241,774,000    -202,273,000                                                         
        total liabilities and stockholders' deficit
       1,737,700,000    1,790,584,000    1,740,287,000    1,881,491,000    1,999,366,000    2,074,945,000    2,049,511,000    1,774,680,000                                                         
        prepaid gift card costs
        22,823,000 19,982,000 22,299,000 28,552,000 23,493,000 23,501,000 23,242,000 29,545,000 23,550,000 23,623,000 23,717,000 30,235,000 24,595,000 25,028,000 23,981,000 28,175,000 21,890,000 21,716,000 22,581,000 29,080,000 25,690,000 27,370,000 27,563,000 36,077,000 29,090,000 29,411,000 30,045,000 38,195,000 30,186,000 29,464,000 31,174,000 40,725,000 36,667,000 37,364,000 37,331,000 47,115,000 36,728,000 36,455,000 37,202,000 46,792,000 41,140,000 41,559,000                                           
        prepaid income taxes
           1,446,000 806,000 2,767,000  3,445,000 3,063,000 4,917,000  3,063,000 3,502,000 6,890,000 6,867,000 10,529,000 2,025,000 397,000 6,940,000 6,178,000 13,831,000 17,880,000 7,039,000 13,290,000 11,349,000 7,123,000 19,370,000 17,402,000 42,398,000 42,107,000 36,078,000 43,654,000 8,749,000 7,458,000  2,483,000 1,966,000   5,186,000 2,805,000 1,278,000  11,753,000    4,708,000 3,619,000 2,134,000  16,080,000 312,000 5,721,000  13,922,000 13,763,000 13,118,000 1,924,000 306,000      15,104,000                   
        deferred rent receivable
        19,470,000 22,034,000 23,076,000 24,804,000 26,721,000 28,888,000 31,140,000 33,326,000 35,537,000 37,678,000 39,772,000 42,329,000 44,306,000 46,293,000 48,280,000 50,257,000 51,820,000 53,017,000 54,713,000 56,449,000 62,458,000 65,126,000 68,759,000 70,308,000 72,366,000 74,075,000 75,569,000 77,069,000 78,937,000 80,358,000 81,720,000 82,971,000 84,071,000 85,052,000 86,027,000 86,981,000 88,034,000 88,802,000 89,438,000 90,030,000 90,531,000 90,917,000 90,920,000 91,117,000                                         
        long-term receivables, net of allowance of 1,212
        34,167,000                                                                                    
        current maturities of long-term debt
         100,000,000 100,000,000 100,000,000 100,000,000 100,000,000 100,000,000 100,000,000 100,000,000 100,000,000 100,000,000 100,000,000 100,000,000     3,250,000 13,000,000 13,000,000 13,000,000 9,750,000      25,000,000 23,241,000 32,965,000 12,965,000 12,965,000             4,720,000 4,720,000 4,720,000 4,720,000 4,720,000 4,720,000 4,720,000 7,420,000 7,420,000 7,420,000 7,420,000 7,420,000 7,420,000 7,420,000 7,420,000 25,200,000 25,200,000 25,200,000 22,650,000 20,100,000 17,550,000    18,000,000  19,738,000 19,693,000 19,649,000 19,606,000 19,564,000 5,951,000 5,912,000 5,878,000 5,844,000      
        accounts payable
        34,293,000 30,517,000 35,838,000 37,718,000 35,455,000 31,512,000 42,975,000 36,193,000 28,880,000 33,466,000 39,085,000 52,067,000 40,781,000 38,537,000 38,421,000 55,956,000 42,586,000 40,126,000 33,522,000 37,424,000 28,930,000 19,181,000 25,389,000 40,925,000 33,689,000 43,982,000 37,726,000 43,468,000 34,877,000 47,694,000 45,236,000 55,028,000 26,452,000 28,931,000 39,296,000 50,503,000 32,625,000 46,625,000 34,438,000 55,019,000 32,226,000 39,162,000 34,781,000 41,771,000 35,244,000 41,138,000 39,857,000 40,050,000 33,339,000 38,694,000 32,197,000 30,751,000 31,959,000 28,532,000 32,906,000 29,013,000 29,410,000 26,668,000 35,894,000 28,408,000 25,210,000 31,016,000 38,336,000 33,527,000 48,844,000 34,419,000 44,960,000  7,703,000 14,694,000 14,689,000 8,197,000 17,113,000 21,498,000 15,083,000 13,700,000 17,881,000 18,520,000 17,133,000      
        current maturities of operating lease obligations
        63,594,000 64,689,000 64,913,000 65,336,000 61,181,000 62,216,000 63,110,000 63,498,000 58,764,000 58,687,000 57,655,000 59,071,000 65,174,000 71,663,000 72,451,000 72,079,000 71,219,000 70,491,000 70,270,000 69,672,000 75,470,000 71,837,000 72,508,000 72,815,000 67,815,000 67,724,000 67,340,000                                                          
        current maturities of finance lease and financing obligations
        6,364,000 6,514,000 6,448,000 6,387,000 6,713,000 6,630,000 6,886,000 7,243,000 6,922,000 7,090,000 7,265,000 7,542,000 8,402,000 10,662,000 10,692,000 10,693,000 10,608,000 10,954,000 11,052,000 11,293,000 13,116,000 13,307,000 13,502,000 13,669,000 13,219,000 13,563,000 13,708,000                                                          
        accrued employee compensation and benefits
        19,070,000 16,418,000 11,089,000 16,674,000 12,063,000 14,173,000 11,600,000 23,211,000 19,970,000 15,493,000 13,862,000 23,456,000 20,786,000 21,202,000 14,240,000 40,785,000 30,752,000 22,785,000 14,554,000 21,237,000 17,498,000 10,568,000 11,714,000 23,904,000 21,410,000 17,607,000 15,338,000 27,479,000 19,308,000 12,136,000 10,098,000 13,547,000 13,527,000 9,930,000 12,447,000 14,609,000 15,792,000 14,136,000 14,140,000 25,085,000 20,767,000 14,932,000 10,913,000 25,722,000 17,282,000 14,404,000 10,099,000 24,956,000 18,063,000 14,824,000 10,954,000 22,435,000 19,701,000 19,106,000 17,596,000 26,191,000 23,748,000 21,892,000 20,598,000 34,022,000 30,409,000 28,496,000 29,436,000 31,682,000 43,862,000 50,362,000 46,209,000  9,444,000 8,546,000 13,359,000 10,535,000 9,103,000 7,348,000 10,745,000 8,032,000 6,945,000 6,535,000 9,185,000      
        accrued advertising expenses
        11,660,000 12,485,000 6,520,000 4,735,000 3,616,000 494,000 2,290,000 9,446,000 14,407,000 10,980,000 18,665,000 24,157,000    33,752,000    21,641,000 28,338,000 21,772,000                                                               
        other accrued expenses
        37,575,000 44,543,000 32,774,000 29,081,000 23,012,000 29,135,000 28,514,000 37,394,000 23,904,000 28,956,000 27,871,000 24,446,000 22,975,000 18,970,000 14,134,000 17,770,000 12,678,000 16,253,000 17,417,000 22,460,000 22,402,000 23,376,000 24,972,000 25,792,000 28,686,000 19,824,000 30,167,000 24,243,000 19,540,000 14,484,000 15,047,000 17,780,000 16,775,000 15,113,000 17,412,000 9,102,000 6,565,000 13,725,000 12,078,000 6,251,000 7,168,000 15,566,000 7,425,000 20,183,000 34,669,000 19,098,000 22,940,000 16,770,000 20,201,000 18,682,000 28,294,000 21,351,000 25,398,000 23,431,000 25,303,000 22,048,000 23,359,000 27,411,000 30,070,000 50,000,000 49,918,000 66,535,000 61,099,000 63,473,000 71,095,000 60,690,000 73,414,000  5,985,000 13,241,000 11,317,000 11,824,000 10,346,000 9,828,000 9,030,000 12,309,000 10,159,000 11,275,000 11,366,000      
        long-term debt, net, less current maturities
        1,187,594,000 1,086,992,000 1,087,084,000 1,086,551,000 1,086,026,000 1,085,510,000 1,085,002,000 1,084,502,000 1,084,011,000 1,083,527,000 1,174,564,000 1,241,914,000    1,279,623,000    1,491,996,000    1,288,248,000    1,274,087,000    1,269,849,000                                                     
        operating lease obligations, less current maturities
        314,601,000 325,487,000 320,430,000 310,476,000 271,283,000 271,100,000 269,913,000 269,097,000 276,817,000 275,967,000 279,766,000 275,120,000 279,620,000 338,169,000 313,634,000 320,848,000 323,855,000 325,278,000 334,361,000 345,163,000 351,927,000 350,418,000 355,160,000 359,025,000 369,164,000 379,123,000 386,364,000                                                          
        finance lease obligations, less current maturities
        34,019,000 35,341,000 36,236,000 34,286,000 35,720,000 37,090,000 36,489,000 34,389,000 32,646,000 31,759,000 33,256,000 30,377,000 31,439,000 63,562,000 61,223,000 59,625,000 61,499,000 64,095,000 66,234,000 69,012,000 72,349,000 74,051,000 74,498,000 77,393,000 81,317,000 84,344,000 87,624,000                                                          
        financing obligations, less current maturities
        20,990,000 21,365,000 21,730,000 23,251,000 24,940,000 25,304,000 25,657,000 26,984,000 27,342,000 27,690,000 28,029,000 28,358,000 28,572,000 29,887,000 30,147,000 31,967,000 32,183,000 32,393,000 32,598,000 32,797,000 34,488,000 34,682,000 35,944,000 37,682,000 37,939,000 38,125,000 38,306,000 38,482,000 38,653,000 38,820,000 38,981,000 39,200,000 39,292,000 39,393,000 39,460,000 39,499,000 39,518,000 42,325,000 42,360,000 42,395,000 42,428,000 42,461,000 42,493,000 42,524,000   46,848,000 48,843,000 51,930,000 51,971,000 52,010,000 52,049,000 93,774,000 151,638,000 152,621,000 162,658,000 203,091,000 204,327,000 204,561,000 302,980,000 304,980,000 307,265,000 312,592,000 318,938,000 312,719,000 363,639,000 332,031,000                  
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                            
        long-term receivables, net of allowance of 1,033
         33,545,000                                                                                   
        long-term receivables, net of allowance of 1,314
          34,293,000                                                                                  
        long-term receivables, net of allowance of 1,354
           35,873,000                                                                                 
        long-term receivables, net of allowance of 636
            33,508,000                                                                                
        long-term receivables, net of allowance of 652
             33,720,000                                                                               
        long-term receivables, net of allowance of 4,758
              35,439,000                                                                              
        long-term receivables, net of allowance of 5,002
               35,602,000                                                                             
        long-term receivables, net of allowance of 5,152
                35,678,000                                                                            
        long-term receivables, net of allowance of 5,443
                 35,984,000                                                                           
        long-term receivables, net of allowance of 5,908
                  37,831,000                                                                          
        long-term receivables, net of allowance of 5,529
                   39,697,000                                                                         
        assets held for sale
                    109,280,000                                        16,372,000 27,648,000 3,986,000 9,363,000 39,972,000 42,678,000 7,025,000 35,613,000 6,237,000 6,237,000 7,314,000 6,326,000 8,714,000 12,065,000 40,168,000                  
        long-term receivables, net of allowance of 5,498
                    43,245,000                                                                        
        accrued advertising
                    38,804,000 33,574,000 40,681,000  53,873,000 52,707,000 44,477,000              8,359,000 13,121,000  6,369,000 11,875,000 5,948,000 16,209,000 8,758,000 8,495,000 13,374,000 22,807,000                                          
        liabilities held for sale
                    96,023,000                                                                        
        preferred stock, 1 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding
                                                                                            
        long-term receivables, net of allowance of 5,713
                     43,076,000                                                                       
        long-term receivables, net of allowance of 6,319
                      42,651,000                                                                      
        long-term receivables, net of allowance of 6,897
                       42,493,000                                                                     
        long-term receivables, net of allowance of 7,344
                        46,622,000                                                                    
        long-term receivables, net of allowance of 5,503
                         47,839,000                                                                   
        accumulated deficit
                         -588,000 -29,950,000          -16,567,000 -40,154,000 -52,867,000                                                      
        long-term receivables, net of allowance of 6,455
                          51,605,000                                                                  
        long-term receivables, net of allowance of 7,999
                           54,512,000                                                                 
        (accumulated deficit) retained earnings
                           -55,553,000 -53,992,000 -64,010,000          -1,098,000 -86,634,000                                                    
        long-term receivables, net of allowance of 9,854
                            69,898,000                                                                
        long-term receivables, net of allowance of 7,981
                             74,015,000                                                               
        receivables, gross
                              85,321,000                                                              
        less: allowance for credit losses
                              -4,906,000                                                              
        long-term receivables, gross
                              90,123,000                                                              
        long-term receivables
                              81,748,000 85,999,000 93,262,000 93,607,000 99,582,000 103,102,000 120,541,000 118,173,000 122,362,000 131,212,000 131,033,000 136,276,000 136,423,000 141,152,000 145,072,000 150,922,000 155,360,000 160,695,000 164,910,000 170,368,000 175,579,000 180,856,000 186,079,000 190,380,000 194,066,000 197,153,000 201,080,000 204,952,000 208,322,000 212,269,000 214,772,000 219,425,000 224,348,000 226,526,000 230,588,000 234,323,000 238,002,000 246,650,000 250,399,000 254,171,000 263,747,000 268,037,000 271,832,000 276,972,000 281,886,000  293,893,000 298,172,000 302,088,000 306,446,000 310,786,000 315,500,000 319,335,000 324,189,000 326,439,000 333,860,000 337,178,000      
        long-term debt, less current maturities
                                1,287,738,000 1,287,227,000 1,274,916,000  1,273,287,000 1,265,093,000 1,267,468,000  1,281,950,000           1,300,000,000   1,203,247,000 1,203,517,000 1,204,998,000 1,204,106,000 1,204,422,000 1,202,063,000 1,232,707,000 1,338,819,000 1,337,960,000 1,411,448,000 1,480,393,000 1,479,489,000 1,485,929,000 1,557,053,000 1,561,224,000 1,584,795,000 1,711,273,000 1,718,473,000 1,763,057,000    175,000,000 175,000,000 94,468,000 112,515,000 113,090,000 113,654,000 114,210,000 132,208,000 132,737,000 133,256,000 133,768,000      
        current maturities of capital lease and financing obligations
                                   14,031,000 13,477,000 12,752,000 12,986,000 14,193,000  13,946,000 14,015,000 13,144,000 14,346,000 14,559,000 14,447,000 14,320,000 15,386,000 15,291,000 15,125,000 14,852,000 13,215,000 12,936,000 12,577,000 12,247,000 11,974,000 11,631,000 11,246,000 10,878,000 12,848,000 14,154,000 13,618,000 13,480,000 15,015,000 15,017,000 15,794,000                          
        capital lease obligations, less current maturities
                                   87,762,000 54,605,000 57,624,000 60,268,000 61,895,000 64,923,000 65,982,000 70,072,000 74,665,000 73,603,000 77,116,000 81,143,000 84,781,000 88,384,000 91,505,000 94,584,000 98,119,000   108,533,000 111,707,000 115,351,000 118,481,000 121,482,000 124,375,000 127,198,000 129,070,000 131,903,000 134,407,000 136,957,000 139,363,000 141,703,000 146,253,000 148,480,000 150,724,000 155,471,000 157,470,000 159,415,000 163,113,000 165,331,000    170,412,000    172,681,000          
        deferred rent payable
                                   62,744,000 64,579,000 60,853,000 62,371,000 69,112,000 65,449,000 66,795,000 68,499,000 69,572,000 71,574,000 71,929,000 68,817,000 69,397,000 73,387,000 74,874,000 75,096,000 75,375,000                                         
        liabilities and stockholders' (deficit) equity
                                                                                            
        stockholders' (deficit) equity:
                                                                                            
        total stockholders' (deficit) equity
                                       -146,698,000                                                     
        total liabilities and stockholders' (deficit) equity
                                       1,750,240,000                                                     
        liabilities and stockholders’ (deficit) equity
                                                                                            
        current maturities of long-term debt, capital lease and financing obligations
                                        16,202,000                                                    
        stockholders’ (deficit) equity:
                                                                                            
        total stockholders’ (deficit) equity
                                        -216,677,000                                                    
        total liabilities and stockholders’ (deficit) equity
                                        1,641,208,000                                                    
        revenues:
                                                                                            
        franchise and restaurant revenues
                                        112,347,000                                                    
        rental revenues
                                        30,263,000                                                    
        financing revenues
                                        2,061,000                                                    
        total revenues
                                        144,671,000                                                    
        cost of revenues:
                                                                                            
        franchise and restaurant expenses
                                        41,800,000                                                    
        rental expenses
                                        22,318,000                                                    
        financing expenses
                                        449,000                                                    
        total cost of revenues
                                        64,567,000                                                    
        gross profit
                                        80,104,000                                                    
        general and administrative expenses
                                        38,030,000                                                    
        impairment and closure charges
                                        532,522,000                                                    
        interest expense
                                        15,353,000                                                    
        amortization of intangible assets
                                        2,507,000                                                    
        (gain) loss on disposition of assets
                                        -35,000                                                    
        income before income tax benefit
                                        -508,273,000                                                    
        income tax benefit
                                        56,555,000                                                    
        net income
                                        -451,718,000                                                    
        other comprehensive income, net of tax:
                                                                                            
        foreign currency translation adjustment
                                        -2,000                                                    
        total comprehensive income
                                        -451,720,000                                                    
        net income available to common stockholders:
                                                                                            
        less: net income (income) allocated to unvested participating restricted stock
                                        8,496,000                                                    
        net income available to common stockholders
                                        -443,222,000                                                    
        net income available to common stockholders per share:
                                                                                            
        basic
                                        -24,980                                                    
        diluted
                                        -24,980                                                    
        weighted-average shares outstanding:
                                                                                            
        dividends declared per common share
                                        970                                                    
        dividends paid per common share
                                        970                                                    
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                            
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                            
        total stockholders’ equity
                                         251,484,000 245,326,000  256,526,000 256,166,000 260,305,000  275,310,000 280,872,000 288,194,000  317,375,000 310,593,000 318,180,000  309,996,000 312,522,000 320,999,000  283,105,000 216,643,000 195,680,000  123,474,000 126,228,000 122,389,000 121,759,000 106,345,000 91,735,000 115,298,000 103,231,000 78,640,000 185,218,000 198,593,000  240,388,000 265,385,000 289,213,000 277,808,000 282,567,000 293,349,000 293,846,000 306,253,000 329,743,000 345,836,000 339,764,000      
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                         2,191,657,000 2,201,482,000  2,200,421,000 2,237,268,000 2,262,192,000  2,318,286,000 2,355,858,000 2,377,314,000  2,342,758,000 2,319,089,000 2,355,247,000  2,347,716,000 2,337,442,000 2,377,660,000  2,421,757,000 2,513,947,000 2,534,486,000  2,662,339,000 2,660,396,000 2,666,099,000 2,994,529,000 2,985,832,000 3,019,497,000 3,202,242,000 3,207,933,000 3,274,140,000 3,584,667,000 3,646,137,000  779,558,000 801,529,000 768,870,000 761,609,000 756,478,000 774,990,000 771,080,000 786,634,000 809,634,000 828,294,000 821,677,000      
        income taxes payable
                                          3,527,000   5,278,000 14,258,000    11,820,000  14,829,000 10,812,000 12,890,000        10,159,000                              
        liabilities and stockholders' equity
                                                                                            
        stockholders' equity:
                                                                                            
        total stockholders' equity
                                           252,772,000    267,223,000    279,073,000    315,179,000    308,805,000    155,220,000                             
        total liabilities and stockholders' equity
                                           2,278,583,000    2,331,850,000    2,448,108,000    2,404,642,000    2,415,400,000    2,614,294,000                             
        prepaid gift cards
                                                  41,208,000 51,268,000 41,125,000 40,459,000 39,559,000 49,223,000 42,840,000 41,357,000 41,410,000 50,242,000 39,879,000 29,352,000 28,903,000 36,643,000 25,048,000 24,094,000 22,360,000 14,609,000 14,971,000 15,114,000                       
        other assets
                                                    112,877,000 108,740,000 108,960,000 110,085,000 108,909,000 109,369,000 110,601,000 110,738,000 111,792,000 114,718,000 116,305,000 116,836,000 115,097,000 114,773,000 114,665,000 123,538,000 125,754,000 128,958,000 136,529,000 139,423,000 142,910,000 152,200,000 155,272,000  82,750,000 80,096,000 67,885,000 60,856,000 57,853,000 55,629,000 52,509,000 49,460,000 46,610,000 43,430,000 40,270,000      
        capital lease obligations
                                                    101,832,000 105,212,000                       5,377,000 5,197,000  4,855,000 4,687,000 4,597,000  4,388,000 4,289,000 4,172,000 4,025,000      
        financing obligations
                                                    42,565,000 46,815,000                                       
        other liabilities
                                                    97,695,000 98,173,000 98,470,000 99,545,000 98,919,000 98,893,000 100,203,000 98,177,000 105,551,000 109,185,000 110,200,000 109,107,000 114,484,000 114,719,000 114,435,000 119,794,000 119,721,000 114,154,000 118,480,000 117,488,000 119,405,000 116,162,000 124,406,000  76,943,000 75,564,000 74,655,000 73,622,000 72,190,000 71,190,000 67,134,000 65,785,000 62,878,000 60,232,000 58,682,000      
        convertible preferred stock, series b, at accreted value; shares: 10,000,000 authorized; 2012 - none issued or outstanding; 2011 - 35,000 issued, 34,900 outstanding
                                                                                            
        series b convertible preferred stock, at accreted value, shares:10,000,000 authorized; 35,000 issued; september 30, 2012 and december 31, 2011 - 34,900 outstanding
                                                            46,541,000                                
        inventories
                                                             12,056,000 11,534,000 12,031,000 10,695,000 10,570,000 9,895,000 11,977,000 11,966,000 12,208,000 12,086,000 11,839,000 10,997,000 13,117,000 13,323,000  302,000 415,000 396,000 359,000 525,000 696,000 537,000 859,000 888,000 104,000 148,000      
        convertible preferred stock, series b, at accreted value, shares:10,000,000 authorized; 35,000 issued; june 30, 2012 and december 31, 2011 - 34,900 outstanding
                                                             45,853,000                               
        convertible preferred stock, series b, at accreted value, shares:10,000,000 authorized; 35,000 issued; march 31, 2012 and december 31, 2011 - 34,900 outstanding
                                                              45,176,000                              
        common stock, .01 par value...
                                                              246,000  247,000 247,000 247,000   241,000 238,000 238,000 238,000 230,000 230,000  229,000 228,000 227,000 226,000 226,000 225,000 225,000 224,000 224,000 224,000 223,000      
        current assets
                                                                                            
        current liabilities
                                                                                            
        stockholders' equity
                                                                                            
        convertible preferred stock, series b, at accreted value; shares: 10,000,000 authorized; 35,000 issued; 2011 - 34,900 outstanding; 2010 - 35,000 outstanding
                                                               44,508,000                             
        restricted assets related to captive insurance subsidiary
                                                                3,675,000 3,839,000 3,970,000 3,779,000 3,898,000 4,138,000 4,601,000 4,590,000 5,500,000 6,182,000 6,401,000                  
        facility closure liability
                                                                20,530,000 20,560,000                           
        convertible preferred stock, series b, at accreted value, shares:10,000,000 authorized; 35,000 issued; september 30, 2011 - 34,900 outstanding; december 31, 2010 - 35,000 outstanding
                                                                43,850,000                            
        convertible preferred stock, series b, at accreted value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; 35,000 shares issued; june 30, 2011: 34,900 shares outstanding; december 31, 2010: 35,000 shares outstanding
                                                                 43,203,000                           
        convertible preferred stock, series b, at accreted value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; 35,000 shares issued; march 31, 2011: 34,900 shares outstanding; december 31, 2010: 35,000 shares outstanding
                                                                  42,564,000                          
        preferred stock, series a, 1.00 par value, 220,000 shares authorized; 190,000 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2010 and december 31, 2009
                                                                   187,050,000                         
        convertible preferred stock, series b, at accreted value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; 35,000 shares issued and outstanding at september 30, 2010 and december 31, 2009
                                                                   41,433,000                         
        preferred stock, series a, 1.00 par value, 220,000 shares authorized; 190,000 shares issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2010 and december 31, 2009
                                                                    187,050,000                        
        convertible preferred stock, series b, at accreted value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; 35,000 shares issued and outstanding at june 30, 2010 and december 31, 2009
                                                                    40,821,000                        
        preferred stock, series a, 1 par value, 220,000 shares authorized; 190,000 shares issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2010 and december 31, 2009
                                                                     187,050,000                       
        convertible preferred stock, series b, at accreted value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; 35,000 shares issued and outstanding at march 31, 2010 and december 31, 2009
                                                                     40,218,000                       
        short-term investments, at market value
                                                                      280,000 279,000 278,000 275,000 278,000                  
        deferred revenue
                                                                      44,779,000 50,278,000 52,067,000 39,600,000 43,170,000                  
        accrued financing costs
                                                                        20,000,000 20,000,000 41,361,000                  
        preferred stock, series a, 1 par value, 220,000 shares authorized; 190,000 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2009 and december 31, 2008
                                                                      187,050,000                      
        convertible preferred stock, series b, at accreted value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; 35,000 shares issued and outstanding at september 30, 2009 and december 31, 2008
                                                                      39,038,000                      
        preferred stock, series a, 1 par value, 220,000 shares authorized; 190,000 shares issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2009 and december 31, 2008
                                                                       187,050,000                     
        convertible preferred stock, series b, at accreted value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; 35,000 shares issued and outstanding at june 30, 2009 and december 31, 2008
                                                                       38,461,000                     
        preferred stock, series a, 1 par value, 220,000 shares authorized; 190,000 shares issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2009 and december 31, 2008
                                                                        187,050,000                    
        convertible preferred stock, series b, at accreted value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; 35,000 shares issued and outstanding at march 31, 2009 and december 31, 2008
                                                                        37,892,000                    
        current assets related to discontinued operations
                                                                         5,231,000 5,775,000                  
        non-current assets related to discontinued operations
                                                                         2,558,000 2,558,000                  
        deferred compensation
                                                                          71,000         -833,000 -919,000 -1,005,000       
        non-current liabilities related to discontinued operations
                                                                         1,423,000 2,594,000                  
        preferred stock, series a, 1 par value, 220,000 shares authorized; 190,000 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2008 and december 31, 2007
                                                                         187,050,000                   
        stockholders’ equity
                                                                                            
        convertible preferred stock, series b, at accreted value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; 35,000 shares issued and outstanding at september 30, 2008 and december 31, 2007
                                                                         36,781,000                   
        preferred stock, series a, 1 par value, 220,000 shares authorized; 190,000 shares issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2008 and december 31, 2007
                                                                          187,050,000                  
        convertible preferred stock, series b, at accreted value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; 35,000 shares issued and outstanding at june 30, 2008 and december 31, 2007
                                                                          36,237,000                  
        reacquired franchises and equipment held for sale
                                                                            428,000 445,000     273,000  2,301,000 509,000 1,116,000      
        excess of costs over net assets acquired
                                                                            10,767,000 10,767,000 10,767,000 10,767,000 10,767,000 10,767,000 10,767,000 10,767,000 10,767,000 10,767,000 10,767,000      
        preferred stock, 1 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding
                                                                                            
        additional paid-in capital
                                                                            142,704,000 138,029,000  126,227,000 124,622,000 122,237,000  117,681,000 118,159,000 117,052,000       
        current portion of capital lease obligations
                                                                              5,002,000    4,491,000          
        marketable securities
                                                                                   12,471,000 10,958,000 6,312,000 14,504,000      
        contribution to esop
                                                                                     225,000 910,000      
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-29 2025-12-28 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 2005-12-31 2005-09-30 2005-06-30 2005-03-31 
                                                                                      
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                      
          net income
        7,400,000 -12,237,000 7,326,000 13,814,000 8,197,000 5,174,000 19,061,000 23,182,000 17,473,000 33,039,000 18,479,000 18,248,000 27,410,000 11,351,000 20,948,000 23,962,000 24,850,000 19,788,000 23,111,000 29,362,000 25,603,000 -1,561,000 10,018,000 -134,779,000 22,328,000 27,396,000 23,917,000 21,390,000 31,643,000 26,981,000 23,587,000 12,713,000 17,073,000 85,536,000 -451,718,000 21,280,000 14,363,000 21,347,000 24,273,000 26,829,000 25,543,000 25,357,000 24,257,000 26,897,000 28,412,000 -22,425,000 18,887,000 19,167,000 20,824,000 18,131,000 18,730,000 16,937,000 18,239,000 18,819,000 60,573,000 16,938,000 31,344,000 28,620,000 16,525,000 348,000 29,699,000 14,331,000 14,041,000 19,671,000 13,505,000 24,814,000 37,141,000  14,130,000 11,313,000 10,330,000 11,323,000 10,306,000 12,594,000 9,961,000 11,972,000 11,929,000 10,075,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                      
          depreciation and amortization
        11,900,000 11,522,000 10,558,000 10,458,000 10,362,000 10,104,000 9,654,000 9,654,000 9,741,000 9,409,000 8,570,000 8,429,000 9,222,000 9,082,000 8,901,000 10,031,000 9,938,000 9,890,000 10,019,000 9,981,000 9,995,000 10,776,000 10,708,000 10,704,000 10,641,000 10,978,000 10,715,000 10,621,000 10,179,000 8,445,000 7,888,000 7,902,000 7,940,000 7,595,000 7,631,000 7,716,000 7,706,000 7,682,000 7,370,000 7,480,000 8,074,000 8,706,000 8,279,000 8,040,000 7,815,000 8,508,000 8,739,000 8,715,000 8,783,000 8,839,000 8,880,000 8,800,000 8,836,000 8,782,000 9,800,000 10,493,000 10,463,000 11,621,000 12,260,000 13,049,000 13,290,000 15,430,000 16,008,000 16,156,000 -3,256,000 25,548,000 26,114,000 27,110,000 5,650,000 5,180,000 5,008,000 5,054,000 4,963,000 5,025,000 5,193,000 5,050,000 4,996,000 4,914,000 
          non-cash impairment and closure charges
        800,000                  435,000                                                            
          non-cash stock-based compensation expense
        4,100,000 3,467,000 3,117,000 3,251,000 3,365,000 3,406,000 3,815,000 3,834,000 4,923,000 3,823,000 2,858,000 3,591,000 1,718,000 4,003,000 3,801,000 3,986,000 4,341,000 3,005,000 2,960,000 2,518,000 3,094,000 3,315,000 2,523,000 2,632,000 4,038,000 2,588,000 2,326,000 1,787,000 4,107,000 2,530,000 2,375,000 2,273,000 3,368,000 1,957,000 1,259,000 1,402,000 6,165,000 2,711,000 2,568,000 2,455,000 3,192,000 2,580,000 1,719,000 2,161,000 2,432,000 1,887,000 1,924,000 2,365,000 3,143,000 2,283,000 1,239,000 2,653,000 3,189,000 2,643,000 2,226,000 2,784,000 3,789,000 2,579,000 1,850,000 3,200,000 1,863,000 3,850,000 3,344,000 3,956,000               
          non-cash interest expense
        1,000,000 898,000 915,000 931,000 856,000 842,000 829,000 816,000 803,000 791,000 779,000 764,000 1,171,000 806,000 774,000 722,000 714,000 706,000 719,000 715,000 712,000 708,000 672,000 663,000 655,000 647,000 639,000 965,000 1,118,000 1,103,000 945,000 880,000 864,000 855,000 846,000 836,000 827,000 818,000 809,000 800,000 791,000 782,000 773,000 764,000 755,000 749,000 1,706,000 1,673,000 1,642,000 1,611,000 1,581,000 1,551,000 1,503,000 1,438,000 1,502,000 1,516,000 1,529,000 1,578,000 1,594,000 1,571,000 1,417,000 10,582,000 10,250,000 10,371,000               
          deferred income taxes
        -2,100,000 -7,631,000 8,330,000 363,000 -4,562,000 -3,185,000 -1,404,000 -3,017,000 1,086,000 -10,240,000 -643,000 -38,000 -2,901,000 305,000 -603,000 100,000 -873,000 7,091,000 851,000 -1,740,000 -8,267,000 -44,221,000 34,965,000 -302,000 -10,491,000 -2,604,000 296,000 -2,037,000 -1,149,000 -7,141,000 -1,100,000 -2,424,000 -1,182,000 -68,057,000 -68,831,000 -5,248,000 -3,266,000 418,000 -2,956,000 -7,196,000 -4,700,000 -2,020,000 1,380,000 -6,390,000 -10,378,000 -8,289,000 -5,900,000 -6,016,000 -10,031,000 -6,667,000 -672,000 -7,082,000 -8,253,000 -2,471,000 -4,392,000 -6,343,000 -9,626,000 9,969,000       878,000      -1,054,000       217,000 
          provision for doubtful accounts
        2,200,000 -286,000 489,000 1,537,000 1,660,000                                                                          
          gain on disposition of assets
        -2,200,000  -19,000 31,000 -111,000                     -1,519,000 746,000 332,000 109,000  -58,000 -56,000 -1,421,000     130,000   614,000     -263,000 -205,000 -130,000 927,000 103,000 -72,000 64,000 -318,000 -12,955,000 -73,650,000 741,000 -16,733,000                      
          changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                                      
          receivables
        900,000 -3,555,000 -72,000 -4,318,000 -1,655,000  852,000 4,252,000 1,833,000                                     -62,234,000 12,000 1,338,000 52,887,000 -56,924,000 7,028,000 -12,546,000 47,216,000 -53,051,000 2,824,000 3,053,000 35,545,000 -42,082,000 -977,000 1,701,000 24,636,000 3,237,000 1,685,000 26,008,000 4,320,000 -1,219,000 36,603,000 7,522,000 -42,000 2,637,000  -738,000 2,033,000 725,000    163,000 
          prepaid expenses
        5,400,000                                                      9,472,000 -2,034,000 -24,000 -4,080,000 -1,618,000 -1,500,000 5,567,000 -4,852,000 5,682,000 8,581,000 -120,000 -4,610,000 10,680,000 -16,538,000  1,789,000   -1,327,000 1,441,000  494,000 -546,000 1,027,000 
          other changes in other assets and liabilities
        -1,100,000                                                                              
          gift cards receivables and payables
        1,000,000                                                                              
          accounts payable and other accrued expenses
        -17,900,000                                                                              
          operating lease assets and liabilities
        -2,900,000 -3,294,000 -3,108,000 -3,688,000 -3,410,000 -2,814,000 -3,147,000 -3,242,000 -3,327,000 4,818,000 -1,368,000 3,466,000 340,000 -3,537,000 -2,562,000 -2,815,000 -2,909,000                                                              
          deferred revenue
        -1,000,000 6,932,000 -4,248,000 -2,075,000 -3,709,000 -2,847,000 -44,000 -1,804,000 -1,583,000 -1,634,000 -860,000 -537,000 -1,193,000 -701,000 -1,377,000 -1,219,000 -1,177,000 -765,000 -1,130,000 -3,113,000 -1,565,000 -2,044,000 -227,000 -3,423,000 -1,417,000 -1,105,000                                                     
          cash flows from operating activities
        7,500,000 5,698,000 30,197,000 36,972,000 16,133,000 30,466,000 25,515,000 21,626,000 30,553,000 51,834,000 36,622,000 26,608,000 16,076,000 25,846,000 33,611,000 37,669,000 -7,790,000 50,273,000 39,546,000 75,451,000 30,565,000 59,775,000 47,245,000 -40,162,000 29,645,000 49,581,000 36,270,000 40,400,000 28,929,000 78,720,000 35,834,000 9,324,000 16,468,000 34,733,000 10,106,000 1,351,000 19,543,000 56,052,000 8,147,000 16,417,000 37,494,000 64,920,000 22,466,000 6,993,000 41,130,000 16,097,000 46,435,000 3,152,000 52,840,000 25,001,000 47,385,000 -15,797,000 71,226,000 -15,187,000 31,710,000 -8,337,000 44,693,000 26,615,000 46,883,000 -2,288,000 50,476,000 47,229,000 20,005,000 30,270,000 41,447,000 3,812,000 57,669,000  7,762,000 15,817,000 10,981,000    9,920,000 18,603,000 11,903,000 14,927,000 
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                      
          principal receipts from notes, equipment contracts and other long-term receivables
        1,600,000 1,895,000 1,379,000 3,006,000 1,820,000 1,876,000 2,846,000 5,017,000 2,525,000 2,633,000 425,000 2,916,000 3,345,000 3,555,000 4,026,000 4,628,000 4,848,000 5,435,000 5,092,000 5,052,000 4,651,000 15,424,000 4,959,000 5,228,000 5,544,000 7,919,000 4,770,000 6,126,000 5,260,000 5,742,000 5,106,000 9,993,000 4,930,000 5,203,000 5,337,000 4,944,000 5,002,000 4,720,000 5,311,000 4,452,000 4,206,000 4,830,000 6,981,000 5,075,000 4,442,000 5,032,000 4,186,000 2,651,000 3,415,000 3,728,000 3,191,000 3,253,000 3,810,000 1,974,000 3,699,000 3,140,000 3,437,000 3,200,000 2,867,000 3,660,000 3,395,000                  
          additions to property and equipment
        -12,100,000 -14,252,000 -12,085,000 -5,938,000 -3,325,000 -3,764,000 -3,526,000 -3,444,000 -3,335,000                 -6,064,000 -4,185,000 -4,458,000 -4,717,000 -3,261,000 -3,679,000 -3,851,000 -3,488,000 -3,762,000 -2,663,000 -3,948,000 -2,997,000 -2,094,000 -1,612,000 -1,092,000 -839,000 -877,000 -1,153,000 -1,995,000 -2,617,000 -407,000 -1,444,000 -2,047,000 -2,039,000 -2,490,000 -1,594,000 -1,458,000 -1,495,000 -3,475,000 -2,827,000 -6,500,000 -4,150,000 -5,503,000                     
          proceeds from sale of property and equipment
        3,800,000 38,000 13,000 1,049,000 2,716,000 224,000 81,000     13,120,000 250,000 796,000 2,862,000 946,000 20,000 61,000 450,000 6,000 2,140,000 400,000 655,000       9,982,000    681,000                  8,834,000            
          additions to long-term receivables
         -2,841,000 -90,000 -410,000 -1,359,000 -69,000 1,141,000 -1,419,000 -371,000 168,000    -400,000 -669,000     36,000 -1,511,000 -5,400,000 -1,160,000 -395,000 -470,000 -3,000,000 -705,000 -2,325,000                                       87,000       
          acquisition, net of cash acquired
        -700,000  907,000                                                                            
          additions to intangible assets
        -300,000  -766,000                                                                            
          cash flows from investing activities
        -7,700,000 -15,773,000 -10,642,000 -3,305,000 -1,880,000 -7,790,000 411,000 102,000 -1,174,000 -3,465,000 -10,060,000 -3,833,000 -12,739,000 -77,495,000 -2,632,000 -2,490,000 1,713,000 -3,600,000 1,113,000 3,218,000 3,130,000 13,398,000 3,230,000 3,337,000 -1,240,000 3,864,000 -4,887,000 422,000 448,000 -18,201,000 -1,563,000 5,218,000 -255,000 1,256,000 2,610,000 1,992,000 1,817,000 2,516,000 3,556,000 3,215,000 3,262,000 3,960,000 15,646,000 3,810,000 1,785,000 5,164,000 2,668,000 734,000 2,002,000 1,014,000 1,868,000 1,738,000 2,383,000 30,205,000 118,545,000 -4,709,000 21,376,000 52,956,000 258,000 -5,564,000 54,029,000 -328,000 120,000 7,543,000 5,405,000 4,333,000 11,159,000  4,098,000 2,036,000 1,832,000   5,844,000  1,333,000   
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                      
          proceeds from revolving line of credit
        10,000,000                                                                              
          repayment of revolving line of credit
        -10,000,000                                                                              
          dividends paid on common stock
        -2,500,000 -7,391,000 -7,845,000 -7,974,000 -7,790,000 -7,789,000 -7,806,000 -7,880,000 -7,827,000 25,000 -15,770,000 1,000 -15,971,000 -16,177,000 -14,588,000     -12,483,000 -11,451,000 -11,586,000 -11,927,000 -12,193,000 -11,153,000 -11,152,000 -11,216,000 -11,304,000 -17,453,000 -17,464,000 -17,447,000 -17,447,000 -17,432,000 -16,639,000 -16,761,000 -16,980,000 -17,049,000 -16,378,000 -16,515,000 -16,673,000 -16,598,000 -14,215,000 -14,225,000 -14,293,000 -14,275,000 -14,285,000 -14,373,000 -14,512,000                          
          repurchase of common stock
        -22,000,000 -30,598,000 -22,503,000 -5,962,000 -1,637,000 -66,000 -6,000,000 -6,000,000 -6,113,000 -6,000,000 -9,017,000 -5,000,000 -6,590,000 -11,468,000 -60,809,000 -41,585,000     -29,853,000  -43,690,000 -35,581,000 -10,802,000  -7,877,000 -10,000,000 -10,003,000  -10,003,000  -10,002,000 -15,004,000 -20,004,000                                      
          principal payments on finance lease and financing obligations
        -1,100,000  -1,277,000 -1,279,000 -1,251,000  -1,316,000 -1,440,000 -1,640,000                                                                      
          repurchase of restricted stock for tax payments upon vesting
        -3,100,000 -169,000 -11,000 -112,000 -1,708,000 -94,000 -87,000 -139,000 -2,347,000 -216,000 -198,000 -414,000 -3,527,000 -266,000 -248,000 -608,000 -1,745,000 -228,000 -140,000                                                            
          cash flows from financing activities
        -28,600,000 -39,340,000 -31,646,000 -20,907,000 -12,407,000 -9,188,000 -9,207,000 -15,462,000 -17,846,000 -7,406,000 -23,751,000 -101,061,000 -93,217,000 -47,572,000 63,514,000 -63,773,000 -60,970,000 -6,564,000 -3,413,000 -3,101,000 -217,318,000 -6,709,000 -3,377,000 -15,803,000 194,239,000                                                      
          net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        -28,800,000 -49,415,000 -12,091,000 12,760,000 1,846,000 13,488,000 16,719,000 6,266,000 11,533,000 40,963,000 2,811,000 -78,286,000 -89,880,000 -99,221,000 94,493,000 -28,594,000 -67,047,000 40,109,000 37,246,000 75,568,000 -183,623,000 66,464,000 47,098,000 -52,628,000 222,644,000 19,563,000 -24,730,000 -6,644,000 -16,093,000 41,146,000 9,385,000 6,358,000 -19,656,000 12,896,000 -8,207,000 -16,803,000 -10,231,000                                          
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
        201,700,000  248,598,000  200,592,000  324,984,000  425,353,000  456,053,000  172,475,000  200,379,000  163,146,000  185,491,000                                          
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
        172,900,000  -12,091,000 12,760,000 250,444,000  16,719,000 6,266,000 212,125,000  2,811,000 -78,286,000 235,104,000  94,493,000 -28,594,000 358,306,000  37,246,000 75,568,000 272,430,000  47,098,000 -52,628,000 395,119,000  -24,730,000 -6,644,000 184,286,000  9,385,000 6,358,000 143,490,000  -8,207,000 -16,803,000 175,260,000                                          
          supplemental disclosures:
                                                                                      
          interest paid in cash
        22,700,000  13,472,000 20,020,000 19,549,000  19,827,000 19,865,000 19,846,000  19,214,000 18,116,000 16,702,000  15,777,000 15,832,000 15,869,000  15,961,000 16,165,000 17,240,000  17,598,000 17,662,000 16,446,000  16,600,000 16,608,000 16,346,000  16,562,000 16,578,000 16,621,000  16,801,000 17,776,000 16,231,000  17,193,000 17,324,000 17,423,000  17,675,000 18,032,000 28,387,000  8,602,000 44,866,000 8,901,000  4,300,000 45,421,000 9,030,000  12,718,000                        
          income taxes paid in cash
        400,000  551,000 1,655,000 1,665,000  8,520,000 19,965,000 2,907,000  4,374,000 9,463,000 11,937,000  4,767,000 8,120,000 7,945,000  7,802,000 5,900,000 7,441,000  245,000 285,000 10,818,000  10,132,000 12,191,000 12,014,000  7,777,000 17,333,000 934,000  13,572,000 31,223,000 6,018,000  22,754,000 32,962,000 1,018,000  14,826,000 35,796,000 1,172,000  12,203,000 19,875,000 2,294,000  13,615,000 24,557,000 912,000  24,278,000                        
          non-cash conversion to notes receivable
        700,000  2,621,000 2,783,000 991,000                                                                          
          non-cash change to property and equipment
        1,500,000                                                                              
          non-cash closure and impairment charges
         32,387,000 612,000 1,155,000 5,846,000 7,798,000 366,000 442,000 634,000 506,000 1,792,000 837,000 459,000 -48,000 1,627,000 1,303,000 45,000    1,959,000                                                          
          loss on extinguishment of debt
         50,000                                           22,000 16,000 20,000  2,306,000 2,611,000                      
          loss on disposition of assets
             -3,093,000 6,000 174,000 -237,000 50,000 191,000 2,047,000 71,000 496,000 -1,502,000 -234,000 -1,296,000 605,000 1,299,000 -30,000 167,000 -561,000 1,087,000 1,770,000 -227,000                                     745,000                 
          other
         -690,000 36,000 -2,364,000 318,000 -1,310,000 -1,954,000 -728,000 -212,000 -1,975,000 -1,665,000 396,000 -308,000 -1,344,000 -1,169,000 -881,000 -1,766,000 6,825,000 -4,810,000 -2,028,000 -1,580,000 -3,739,000 1,425,000 1,041,000 -1,293,000 -790,000 3,094,000 -3,702,000 -3,976,000 -421,000 2,333,000 -2,239,000 -6,199,000 -2,005,000 -724,000 -924,000 -1,143,000 -1,758,000 40,000 -632,000 1,048,000 -5,020,000 231,000 -1,565,000 31,000 -2,189,000 -288,000 -671,000 -196,000 -1,283,000 -349,000 -1,088,000 2,228,000 -7,223,000 -2,662,000 1,247,000 -353,000 -1,548,000    721,000 966,000 155,000    -1,020,000 447,000 643,000         
          other assets
                                                                                      
          gift card receivables and payables
               -5,250,000 -978,000 18,683,000 -7,384,000 -3,894,000 -2,310,000 19,535,000 -8,355,000 -6,217,000 -2,180,000 23,974,000 -5,378,000 -591,000 -3,246,000 14,211,000 -4,273,000 -9,400,000 11,693,000 14,831,000 -8,424,000 -6,554,000 -890,000 21,309,000 -12,463,000 -8,065,000 -2,269,000 23,065,000 -12,266,000 -6,266,000 -7,855,000 26,067,000 -12,044,000 -5,491,000 -12,820,000 33,551,000 -8,560,000 -8,879,000 5,623,000                                  
          accrued interest payable
         -9,779,000 12,058,000                                   -6,000 4,000 23,000 30,000 406,000                                     
          acquisition of business, net of cash acquired
                                                                                      
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, including revolving line of credit
                                                                            18,000,000 190,000,000         
          repayment of long-term debt
               -585,139,000 -66,574,000     -3,250,000 -3,250,000 -3,250,000       -3,250,000 -3,250,000 -3,250,000 -3,250,000             -1,260,486,000 -1,200,000 -1,200,000 -1,200,000 -2,400,000 -1,200,000 -1,200,000 -31,800,000 -108,200,000 -76,037,000 -47,244,000                     
          repayments of revolving credit facility
                                                                                      
          payment of debt issuance costs
         -9,000 -10,000       -77,000   -3,000            -443,000 -518,000   -515,000                                                 
          principal payments of finance lease and financing obligations
                                                                                      
          proceeds from stock options exercised
                 3,228,000 584,000 241,000 321,000 2,505,000 3,027,000 19,484,000 -1,000 20,524,000 1,297,000 3,734,000 170,000 6,768,000 41,000 3,267,000 164,000 456,000 1,161,000 1,474,000 127,000 402,000 880,000 1,110,000 52,000 168,000 8,206,000 815,000 734,000 35,000 6,623,000 3,495,000 2,237,000 330,000 3,018,000 3,811,000 2,323,000 1,075,000 2,045,000 399,000 86,000 862,000 5,378,000 534,000 678,000 1,275,000 16,000   2,651,000 3,719,000 3,387,000 363,000 1,210,000 984,000 2,501,000 40,000 374,000 2,170,000 
          tax payments for share settlement of restricted stock units
          1,000 -21,000 -1,000 -29,000 -859,000 -2,000 -953,000 -72,000 -9,711,000                                                          
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year
                                                                                      
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of year
                                                                                      
          supplemental disclosures
                                                                                      
          interest paid
                                                                14,777,000 53,115,000 16,385,000 57,190,000 22,292,000 37,252,000 37,561,000 38,942,000 39,816,000 42,255,000 42,422,000 43,081,000 8,057,000 7,637,000 8,865,000 6,045,000 8,909,000 5,940,000 9,167,000 5,794,000 9,083,000 5,923,000 
          income taxes paid
                                                                1,545,000 8,454,000 4,614,000 9,795,000 1,276,000 8,253,000 18,371,000 2,726,000 3,118,000 11,845,000 753,000 20,897,000 14,853,000 2,660,000 17,792,000 954,000 15,664,000 732,000 6,760,000 10,849,000 12,718,000 468,000 
          non-cash conversion of notes receivable
                                                                                      
          non-cash balance sheet gross-up of receivables and other accrued expenses
                                                                                    
          deferred rent receivable
          2,564,000 1,042,000 1,728,000 1,917,000 2,167,000 2,252,000 2,186,000 2,211,000 2,141,000 2,094,000 2,557,000 1,977,000 1,987,000 1,987,000 1,977,000                                                              
          current income tax receivable and payable
          -5,660,000 3,104,000 7,546,000                                                                          
          gift card receivable and payable
          -6,912,000 -2,746,000 3,555,000                                                                          
          other current assets
          4,529,000 -951,000 -4,791,000 -6,000 3,152,000 -648,000 5,120,000 -4,447,000 1,856,000 -522,000 5,024,000 -6,758,000 35,000 -2,618,000 -3,365,000 2,016,000 -609,000 1,036,000 -3,072,000 -157,000 469,000 -156,000 -2,347,000 3,021,000 88,000 -1,037,000 -2,570,000  3,403,000 142,000 5,709,000  879,000 -1,479,000 -736,000  600,000 -904,000 -520,000        8,913,000 -6,720,000 -422,000 -202,000 16,678,000                          
          accounts payable
          2,165,000 -753,000 -414,000 3,132,000 160,000 -102,000 -2,158,000 -500,000 -2,220,000 -5,728,000 -7,579,000 3,190,000 2,801,000 2,027,000 -11,683,000 3,453,000 3,483,000 5,386,000 809,000 -322,000 7,680,000 11,845,000 -12,748,000 224,000 -8,636,000 7,169,000 1,826,000 -4,176,000 -9,580,000 3,751,000 65,000 14,738,000 623,000 -9,898,000 1,745,000 1,486,000 -9,941,000 13,613,000 -5,069,000 2,399,000 -3,877,000 4,990,000 1,034,000 6,902,000 -7,568,000 1,136,000 775,000 5,882,000 -5,439,000 6,430,000 1,659,000 -302,000 2,011,000 -1,591,000 1,660,000 459,000   1,358,000      1,256,000   5,000   -4,385,000 6,415,000   -639,000 1,387,000 
          accrued employee compensation and benefits
          2,726,000 5,214,000 -5,741,000 4,665,000 -2,085,000 2,501,000 -11,449,000 2,699,000 5,723,000 1,631,000 -11,801,000 2,474,000 156,000 7,752,000 -26,646,000 10,145,000 8,103,000 8,434,000 -6,968,000 4,497,000 6,930,000 -1,146,000 -12,190,000 2,494,000 3,803,000 2,269,000 -12,141,000 7,422,000 7,172,000 2,037,000 -3,448,000 20,000 3,597,000 -2,581,000 -2,162,000 -1,183,000 1,656,000 -4,000 -10,945,000 4,321,000 5,875,000 4,020,000 -14,810,000 8,441,000 2,878,000 4,305,000 -14,857,000 6,893,000 3,240,000 3,870,000 -11,482,000 2,734,000 594,000 1,510,000 -8,594,000 2,443,000                     
          accrued advertising
          -3,082,000 14,507,000 -2,306,000  114,000 860,000 -2,801,000  3,427,000 -8,110,000 -5,067,000  5,230,000 -7,107,000 6,929,000  1,166,000 8,230,000 22,836,000                                                          
          other accrued expenses
          -2,127,000                                          267,000 -28,999,000 30,633,000 -22,036,000 23,877,000 -25,684,000 24,053,000 -22,235,000 27,413,000 -26,549,000 22,670,000 -19,310,000 21,938,000 -21,978,000   15,455,000   7,255,000 -2,427,000 -6,630,000 20,958,000     1,478,000 518,000 798,000     
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
                                                                                
          other current liabilities
            -601,000 2,208,000 -60,000 -2,649,000 111,000 2,657,000 -4,513,000 3,409,000 3,069,000 2,123,000 -2,268,000 3,074,000 -3,474,000 4,784,000 -3,372,000 -382,000 -5,037,000 1,871,000 -11,657,000 11,049,000 2,495,000 -4,372,000 10,271,000 -11,443,000 5,088,000 5,081,000 5,268,000 -9,000 -3,351,000 -8,981,000 -1,440,000 7,574,000 -2,528,000 -2,509,000 -1,443,000 -9,088,000 13,112,000 -756,000 -4,081,000                                    
          accounts receivable
                 -4,441,000 6,639,000 2,084,000 -2,369,000 -1,840,000 380,000 2,453,000 -3,567,000 -1,097,000 3,470,000 9,251,000 -4,323,000 18,099,000 3,190,000 -43,116,000 12,077,000 -4,629,000 6,209,000 1,234,000 -3,210,000 10,371,000 3,702,000 -2,120,000 -8,804,000 -7,339,000 -858,000 138,000 -849,000 -1,134,000 3,432,000 764,000 116,000 -5,144,000 11,154,000 -8,507,000 -2,742,000                                  
          income tax receivables and payables
                                                                                      
          accrued advertising expenses
                                                                                      
          borrowings from revolving credit facility
                                                                                      
          non-cash conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable
                 398,000       510,000 2,108,000 371,000 1,269,000         400,000 5,703,000                                                
          borrowing from revolving credit facility
                  15,000,000            220,000,000                                                      
          repayment of revolving credit facility
                  -15,000,000        -220,000,000                                                          
          current income tax receivables and payables
               -8,901,000 9,388,000 1,346,000 2,820,000 -3,230,000 224,000 965,000 3,646,000 1,363,000 2,352,000 -8,381,000 -771,000 5,867,000 -552,000 57,569,000 -35,970,000 -11,899,000 6,443,000 1,576,000 -2,341,000 10,841,000 -1,399,000 4,031,000 1,312,000 -2,753,000 5,529,000 -6,792,000 -1,218,000 -7,657,000 7,176,000 229,000 -6,429,000 -11,627,000 16,918,000 -3,085,000 -1,138,000 -12,624,000 22,341,000 -25,843,000 3,971,000 -2,016,000 18,020,000 -1,089,000 -1,484,000 -7,812,000 16,528,000 -11,240,000 5,098,000 -16,310,000 23,724,000 -1,040,000 -533,000 -10,142,000 32,194,000                  
          gain on extinguishment of debt
                    -1,661,000                                              939,000 6,946,000                  
          net additions to property and equipment
                 -5,204,000 -9,181,000 -6,757,000 -16,030,000 -15,823,000 -6,746,000 -7,451,000 -5,298,000 -8,926,000 -3,859,000 -1,707,000 -2,357,000 -1,839,000 -1,708,000 -2,296,000 -5,084,000                                                      
          principal payments on finance lease obligations
                   -1,753,000 -1,870,000  -2,305,000 -2,356,000 -2,340,000  -2,528,000 -2,623,000 -2,621,000  -3,041,000 -3,012,000 -2,981,000  -3,365,000                                                    
          principal payments of finance lease obligations
                                                                                      
          tax payments for restricted stock upon vesting
                            -1,220,000 -42,000 -309,000 -129,000 -2,000,000 -139,000 -347,000 -425,000 -1,817,000 -241,000 -331,000 -317,000 -1,083,000 -51,000 -25,000 -298,000 -2,022,000 -179,000 -248,000 -316,000 -2,116,000 -110,000 -379,000                                    
          impairment and closure charges
                             8,032,000 126,000                             337,000 840,000 2,940,000 420,000 126,000 445,000 -18,281,000 189,000 21,823,000 4,717,000 889,000   4,471,000   28,345,000   32,000 11,000 11,000 84,000 747,000 54,000 
          acquisition of business
                                                                                      
          closure and impairment (credit) charges
                                -12,000                                                      
          impairment of goodwill and intangible assets
                                                                                      
          closure and impairment charges
                                 845,000 157,000 289,000 194,000   -2,708,000 2,594,000   2,701,000 209,000 1,160,000 212,000 814,000 435,000 346,000 -72,000 475,000 1,827,000     1,029,000                             
          borrowings from revolving credit facilities
                                                                                      
          repayments of revolving credit facilities
                                                                                      
          repurchase of dine brands common stock
                                                                                      
          debt refinancing costs
                                                                                      
          borrowing from revolving financing facility
                                                                                      
          repayment of revolving financing facility
                                                                                     
          cash flows used in financing activities
                                  -56,113,000 -47,466,000 -45,470,000 -19,373,000 -24,886,000 -8,184,000 -35,869,000 -23,093,000 -20,923,000 -20,146,000 -31,591,000 -25,856,000 -22,173,000 -41,669,000 -45,211,000 -29,981,000 -36,609,000 -39,890,000 -13,449,000 -50,116,000 -16,594,000 -36,754,000 -27,635,000 -15,539,000 -29,355,000 -27,686,000 -20,764,000   -3,267,000 -78,076,000 -72,820,000                     
          borrowings under revolving financing facility
                                                                                      
          repayment of variable funding notes
                                    -25,000,000                                                  
          principal payments on financing lease obligations
                                    -3,466,000                                                  
          closure and other impairment charges
                                     1,977,000                                                 
          tax benefit from stock-based compensation
                                             -21,000 -16,000 -1,368,000 2,537,000 12,000 162,000 -8,000 4,696,000 308,000 430,000 54,000 3,524,000 689,000 58,000 715,000 2,228,000 480,000 1,681,000 653,000 4,000,000 409,000 64,000 900,000 5,121,000 158,000 214,000 1,035,000 96,000 59,000 317,000 518,000           
          excess tax benefit from stock options exercised
                                                                -2,421,000 270,000 -11,400,000 821,000 4,866,000 243,000 176,000 1,792,000 7,000     1,126,000        
          (gain) loss on disposition of assets
                                         173,000 -70,000 -6,243,000 -109,000     1,393,000   -9,000                                  
          prepaid expenses and other current assets
                                                 1,309,000 -1,005,000 -661,000 -1,638,000  -1,247,000                                
          repurchase of dine brands global common stock
                                                                                      
          principal payments on capital lease and financing obligations
                                     -3,533,000 -2,361,000 -3,477,000 -4,536,000 -2,328,000 -3,451,000 -3,562,000 -3,608,000 -3,587,000 -3,538,000 -3,468,000 -3,385,000 -4,515,000 -3,736,000 -2,810,000 -3,165,000 -3,341,000 -2,914,000 -2,875,000 -2,695,000 -2,453,000 -2,497,000 -2,535,000 -2,483,000 -2,603,000 -2,121,000 -3,118,000 -3,007,000 -3,095,000                     
          borrowings under variable funding notes
                                      30,000,000                                                
          repayments of variable funding notes
                                                                                      
          excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation
                                              -101,000 -3,000 -862,000  -5,000 -46,000 -4,526,000                        845,000 1,498,000   126,000 269,000     
          repurchase of dineequity common stock
                                                 -20,004,000 -15,003,000 -20,004,000 -15,003,000 -2,000,000 -15,004,000 -15,002,000 -5,035,000 -10,159,000                            
          change in restricted cash
                                             4,702,000 7,873,000 -5,904,000 -4,399,000 9,697,000 -971,000 -554,000 11,561,000 -61,350,000 2,116,000 -3,372,000 -3,692,000 4,371,000 -4,686,000 4,245,000 -2,681,000 7,411,000 -4,381,000 -1,138,000 -2,639,000 2,056,000 -3,082,000                    
          payment of debt issuance and debt modification costs
                                                                                      
          net change in cash and cash equivalents
                                             32,712,000 -10,470,000 -22,037,000 -4,455,000 38,899,000 1,503,000 -29,087,000 29,466,000 -28,855,000 32,509,000 -32,868,000 27,207,000 10,476,000 19,898,000 -41,745,000 52,845,000 -7,301,000 39,467,000 -16,313,000 -12,007,000 6,751,000          62,111,000 -19,257,000 32,302,000    11,808,000   -19,346,000 20,108,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                                                                       82,314,000 114,443,000           
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                           62,111,000           
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
                                              144,785,000  104,004,000  106,011,000  64,537,000  60,691,000  102,309,000       19,516,000  23,111,000  44,031,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
                                              -10,470,000 -22,037,000 140,330,000  1,503,000 -29,087,000 133,470,000  32,509,000 -32,868,000 133,218,000  19,898,000 -41,745,000 117,382,000  39,467,000 -16,313,000 48,684,000  19,418,000 -15,838,000 50,360,000 41,110,000 -4,339,000 68,459,000 24,705,000 -17,086,000 97,456,000  -19,257,000 51,818,000  5,109,000 -13,618,000 34,919,000  -16,709,000 -19,346,000 64,139,000 
          repurchase of restricted stock
                                                    -2,961,000 -263,000 -987,000 -113,000 -1,831,000 -115,000 -368,000 -251,000 -2,590,000 -50,000 -346,000 -485,000 -859,000 -278,000                     
          gift card liability
                                                     79,071,000 -7,357,000 -2,975,000 -60,936,000 78,759,000 -8,557,000 -5,604,000 -54,332,000 77,576,000 -7,151,000 -889,000 -54,801,000 78,889,000                     
          proceeds from sale of property and equipment and assets held for sale
                                                             31,432,000 115,949,000 110,000 21,390,000 55,454,000 4,694,000 897,000 54,597,000 -608,000 -201,000 2,784,000 4,872,000              
          borrowings under revolving credit facilities
                                                             15,000,000                        
          repayments under revolving credit facilities
                                                             -15,000,000                        
          payment of debt modification/issuance costs
                                                                                      
          excess tax benefit from share-based compensation
                                                      -180,000 -4,455,000  -418,000 -601,000 -966,000  -1,937,000                        
          debt modification costs
                                                                   10,000 4,114,000                  
          payment of debt modification costs
                                                          -15,000 1,000 -1,282,000                          
          loss on extinguishment of debt and temporary equity
                                                                                      
          redemption of series a preferred stock
                                                                                      
          dividends paid
                                                                                      
          purchase of dineequity common stock
                                                                                      
          payment of debt modification and issuance costs
                                                                                      
          inventories
                                                               -522,000 197,000 -2,521,000    -20,000 243,000 3,000       -37,000 166,000      44,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to cash flows from operating activities
                                                                                      
          gain on extinguishment of debt and temporary equity
                                                                                      
          changes in operating assets and liabilities
                                                                                      
          purchase of common stock
                                                                                      
          adjustments to reconcile net income to cash flows provided by operating activities:
                                                                                      
          principal receipts from notes and equipment contracts receivable
                                                                     3,035,000 2,656,000 6,299,000 3,213,000 3,701,000 4,505,000 4,488,000 4,349,000 3,934,000 4,652,000 3,932,000 4,955,000 4,242,000 5,016,000 3,900,000 5,609,000 4,878,000 
          reduction of long-term receivables
                                                                     1,086,000                 
          restricted cash related to securitization
                                                                     10,599,000 9,299,000 5,479,000 -6,617,000              
          payment of accrued debt issuance costs
                                                                                      
          stock-based compensation expense
                                                                        2,090,000 2,079,000 3,198,000 3,180,000 1,180,000 1,065,000 1,009,000 1,043,000 1,050,000 809,000     
          deferred revenues
                                                                                      
          reductions (additions) to long-term receivables
                                                                        908,000 81,000 948,000            
          payment of accrued acquisition costs
                                                                                      
          collateral released by captive insurance subsidiary
                                                                        28,000 909,000 74,000 219,000           
          proceeds from financing obligations
                                                                           36,374,000           
          payment of preferred stock issuance costs
                                                                                      
          reissuance of treasury stock
                                                                           -78,000           
          payment of early debt extinguishment costs
                                                                                      
          reductions of assets held for sale
                                                                                      
          net (loss) income
                                                                                      
          loss on derivative financial instrument
                                                                                      
          cash flows provided by operating activities
                                                                                8,890,000 21,502,000     
          (additions) reductions to long-term receivables
                                                                                      
          additions to assets held for sale
                                                                                      
          cash flows provided by investing activities
                                                                                      
          purchase of treasury stock
                                                                                      
          prepayment penalties on early debt extinguishment
                                                                                      
          debt extinguishment and other costs
                                                                            2,223,000         
          reductions (additions) to assets held for sale
                                                                                      
          property insurance proceeds
                                                                              -340,000 -200,000 8,000 2,226,000     
          gain on sale of land
                                                                                      
          additions and reductions to long-term receivables
                                                                                      
          additions to reacquired franchises held for sale
                                                                                      
          proceeds from sale of land
                                                                                      
          principal payments on capital lease obligations
                                                                                      
          deferred debt issuance costs
                                                                                      
          cash flows from (used in) financing activities
                                                                             14,449,000         
          contribution to esop
                                                                                     225,000 
          tax benefit from stock options exercised
                                                                                  741,000 -518,000 733,000 622,000 
          additions to long term receivables
                                                                                      
          purchase and redemption of marketable securities
                                                                                     8,192,000 
          proceeds from sale of land and building
                                                                                  890,000 
          proceeds from landlords
                                                                                      
          deferred financing costs
                                                                                      
          capital lease obligations incurred
                                                                              489,000    1,542,000 5,000 1,503,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to cash flows provided by operating activities
                                                                                      
          additions to reacquired franchises and equipment held for sale
                                                                                      
          reorganization charges
                                                                                      
          cash flows from (used in) investing activities
                                                                                     11,569,000 
          proceeds from sale and leaseback arrangements
                                                                                      
          redemption of marketable securities
                                                                                   -1,513,000   
          cash flows (used in) provided by financing activities