Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	10 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Dec. 28, 2014	Feb. 14, 2014	Dec. 29, 2013	Dec. 30, 2012	Feb. 14, 2014	Jan. 01, 2012
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items]
Alternative minimum tax credit carryforward	$ 200,000
Net deferred tax liability	218,972,000		55,740,000
Unrecognized tax benefits	1,882,000		2,598,000	2,923,000		4,497,000
Unrecognized tax benefits that would decrease effective tax rate and provision for income taxes, if recognized	1,200,000
Expected decrease in unrecognized tax benefits within next twelve months	400,000
Total amount of interest and penalties accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits	1,500,000		1,900,000
Successor [Member]
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items]
Effective income tax rate	33.40%
Deferred income taxes	62,554,000
Predecessor [Member]
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items]
Effective income tax rate		59.10%	37.10%	37.40%
Deferred income taxes		1,785,000	3,025,000	836,000
Federal [Member]
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items]
Net operating loss carryforwards	21,200,000
State [Member]
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items]
Net operating loss carryforwards	3,800,000
Tax credit carryforward valuation allowance	600,000		100,000
Tax credit carryforward	1,300,000		1,400,000
CEC Entertainment, Inc. [Member]
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items]
Increase in deferred tax liability resulting from tax effect of purchase accounting adjustments					214,800,000
Peter Piper Pizza [Member]
Tax Credit Carryforward [Line Items]
Increase in deferred tax liability resulting from tax effect of purchase accounting adjustments					$ 12,900,000