Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) $ in Thousands	2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended													10 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 14, 2014	Jan. 01, 2017	[1]	Oct. 02, 2016	Jul. 03, 2016	Apr. 03, 2016	Jan. 03, 2016		Sep. 27, 2015		Jun. 28, 2015		Mar. 29, 2015		Dec. 28, 2014	Jan. 01, 2017	Jan. 03, 2016	Dec. 29, 2013
Other costs and expenses:
Advertising expense	$ 400														$ 2,000	$ 2,200	$ 2,100	$ 2,500
Asset impairments															400	1,600	900	$ 3,100
Successor [Member]
REVENUES:
Food and beverage sales	307,696	$ 93,469		$ 101,984	$ 97,404	$ 122,202	$ 99,170		$ 98,243		$ 94,145		$ 116,537		307,696	415,059	408,095
Entertainment and merchandise sales	404,402	106,277		121,764	114,657	147,557	119,657		118,753		113,861		144,744		404,402	490,255	497,015
Total Company store sales	712,098	199,746		223,748	212,061	269,759	218,827		216,996		208,006		261,281		712,098	905,314	905,110
Franchise fees and royalties	6,483	4,898		4,322	4,560	4,559	4,238		4,941		4,073		4,227		6,483	18,339	17,479
Total revenues	718,581	204,644		228,070	216,621	274,318	223,065	[1]	221,937	[1]	212,079	[2]	265,508	[2]	718,581	923,653	922,589
Company store operating costs:
Cost of food and beverage (exclusive of items shown separately below)	79,996														79,996	104,315	104,434
Cost of entertainment and merchandise (exclusive of items shown separately below)	24,608														24,608	32,014	31,519
Total cost of food, beverage, entertainment and merchandise	104,604														104,604	136,329	135,953
Labor expenses	200,855														200,855	251,426	250,584
Depreciation and amortization	115,951														115,951	113,316	115,236
Rent expense	76,698														76,698	96,006	96,669
Other store operating expenses	119,896														119,896	148,869	143,078
Total Company store operating costs	618,004														618,004	745,946	741,520
Other costs and expenses:
Advertising expense	33,702														33,702	46,142	47,146
General and administrative expenses	48,182														48,182	67,264	66,003
Transaction and severance costs	50,545														50,545	1,299	11,914
Asset impairments	407														407	1,550	875
Total operating costs and expenses	750,840														750,840	862,201	867,458
Operating income (loss)	(32,259)	(1,070)		12,547	3,627	46,348	(1,867)	[1]	12,499	[1]	(188)	[2]	44,687	[2]	(32,259)	61,452	55,131
Interest expense	60,952														60,952	67,745	70,582
Income (loss) before income taxes	1,722	(17,396)		(4,690)	(13,494)	29,287	(20,417)	[1]	(4,710)	[1]	(17,512)	[2]	27,188	[2]	(93,211)	(6,293)	(15,451)
Income tax expense (benefit)	(31,123)														(31,123)	(2,626)	(2,941)
Net income (loss)	(62,088)	$ (10,126)		$ (2,404)	$ (9,052)	$ 17,915	$ (14,158)		$ (3,202)	[1]	$ (9,892)	[2]	$ 14,742	[2]	$ (62,088)	$ (3,667)	$ (12,510)
Predecessor [Member]
REVENUES:
Food and beverage sales	50,897
Entertainment and merchandise sales	62,659
Total Company store sales	113,556
Franchise fees and royalties	687
Total revenues	114,243
Company store operating costs:
Cost of food and beverage (exclusive of items shown separately below)	12,285
Cost of entertainment and merchandise (exclusive of items shown separately below)	3,729
Total cost of food, beverage, entertainment and merchandise	16,014
Labor expenses	31,998
Depreciation and amortization	9,733
Rent expense	12,365
Other store operating expenses	15,760
Total Company store operating costs	85,870
Other costs and expenses:
Advertising expense	5,903
General and administrative expenses	7,963
Transaction and severance costs	11,634
Asset impairments	0
Total operating costs and expenses	111,370
Operating income (loss)	2,873
Interest expense	1,151
Income (loss) before income taxes	1,722
Income tax expense (benefit)	1,018
Net income (loss)	$ 704

[1] Our 2015 fiscal year consisted of 53 weeks. Each quarterly period has 13 weeks, except for the fourth quarterly period ended January 3, 2016 which has 14 weeks.

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