Consolidating Guarantor Financial Information - Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Oct. 01, 2017	Jul. 02, 2017	Apr. 02, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017	Oct. 02, 2016	Jul. 03, 2016	Apr. 03, 2016	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017	Jan. 03, 2016
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross									$ 0	$ 0	$ 663
REVENUES:
Food and beverage sales	$ 90,524	$ 98,255	$ 97,411	$ 124,419	$ 93,469	$ 101,984	$ 97,404	$ 122,202	410,609	415,059	408,095
Entertainment and merchandise sales	102,005	110,633	109,724	135,917	106,277	121,764	114,657	147,557	458,279	490,255	497,015
Total Company store sales	192,529	208,888	207,135	260,336	199,746	223,748	212,061	269,759	868,888	905,314	905,110
Franchise fees and royalties	4,152	4,459	4,649	4,623	4,898	4,322	4,560	4,559	17,883	18,339	17,479
International Association assessments and other fees									0	0	0
Total revenues	196,681	213,347	211,784	264,959	204,644	228,070	216,621	274,318	886,771	923,653	922,589
Company store operating costs:
Cost of food and beverage (exclusive of items shown separately below)									97,570	104,315	104,434
Cost of entertainment and merchandise (exclusive of items shown separately below)									29,948	32,014	31,519
Total cost of food, beverage, entertainment and merchandise									127,518	136,329	135,953
Labor expenses									248,061	251,426	250,584
Rent expense									95,917	96,006	96,669
Other store operating expenses									149,462	148,869	143,078
Total Company store operating costs									620,958	632,630	626,284
Other costs and expenses:
Advertising expense									48,379	46,142	47,146
General and administrative expenses									56,482	61,011	61,945
Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion, Net									109,771	119,569	119,294
Transaction and severance costs									1,448	1,299	11,914
Asset Impairment									1,843	1,550	875
Total operating costs and expenses									838,881	862,201	867,458
Operating Income (Loss)	(5,721)	1,138	7,814	44,659	(1,070)	12,547	3,627	46,348	47,890	61,452	55,131
Equity in earnings (loss) in affiliates									0	0	0
Interest expense									69,115	67,745	70,582
Income (loss) before income taxes									(21,225)	(6,293)	(15,451)
Income tax expense (benefit)									(74,291)	(2,626)	(2,941)
Net income (loss)	$ 52,868	$ (11,092)	$ (5,930)	$ 17,220	$ (10,126)	$ (2,404)	$ (9,052)	$ 17,915	53,066	(3,667)	(12,510)
Components of other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustments									1,010	420	(2,403)
Comprehensive income (loss)									54,076	(3,247)	(14,913)
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Parent Company [Member]
REVENUES:
Food and beverage sales									351,374	361,111	353,200
Entertainment and merchandise sales									406,930	453,362	469,741
Total Company store sales									758,304	814,473	822,941
Franchise fees and royalties									1,694	2,011	2,280
International Association assessments and other fees									1,684	1,308	995
Total revenues									761,682	817,792	826,216
Company store operating costs:
Cost of food and beverage (exclusive of items shown separately below)									81,420	89,373	89,772
Cost of entertainment and merchandise (exclusive of items shown separately below)									27,704	29,668	29,147
Total cost of food, beverage, entertainment and merchandise									109,124	119,041	118,919
Labor expenses									224,176	230,526	230,113
Rent expense									87,342	88,557	88,773
Other store operating expenses									168,991	170,385	155,366
Total Company store operating costs									589,633	608,509	593,171
Other costs and expenses:
Advertising expense									35,514	37,891	46,136
General and administrative expenses									20,208	24,704	19,652
Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion, Net									97,789	109,985	110,594
Transaction and severance costs									974	1,244	6
Asset Impairment									1,824	1,487	766
Total operating costs and expenses									745,942	783,820	770,325
Operating Income (Loss)									15,740	33,972	55,891
Equity in earnings (loss) in affiliates									25,405	13,654	(4,654)
Interest expense									64,117	62,630	65,775
Income (loss) before income taxes									(22,972)	(15,004)	(14,538)
Income tax expense (benefit)									(76,038)	(11,337)	(2,028)
Net income (loss)									53,066	(3,667)	(12,510)
Components of other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustments									1,010	420	(2,403)
Comprehensive income (loss)									54,076	(3,247)	(14,913)
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Guarantor [Member]
REVENUES:
Food and beverage sales									52,962	48,178	48,747
Entertainment and merchandise sales									41,036	27,059	16,864
Total Company store sales									93,998	75,237	65,611
Franchise fees and royalties									16,189	16,328	15,199
International Association assessments and other fees									37,743	36,861	24,591
Total revenues									147,930	128,426	105,401
Company store operating costs:
Cost of food and beverage (exclusive of items shown separately below)									14,137	12,835	12,527
Cost of entertainment and merchandise (exclusive of items shown separately below)									1,591	1,690	1,729
Total cost of food, beverage, entertainment and merchandise									15,728	14,525	14,256
Labor expenses									18,791	15,865	14,968
Rent expense									6,375	5,234	5,363
Other store operating expenses									15,122	12,134	9,017
Total Company store operating costs									56,016	47,758	43,604
Other costs and expenses:
Advertising expense									5,437	4,358	4,014
General and administrative expenses									35,950	35,867	41,693
Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion, Net									9,900	7,343	6,609
Transaction and severance costs									474	55	11,908
Asset Impairment									14	0	20
Total operating costs and expenses									107,791	95,381	107,848
Operating Income (Loss)									40,139	33,045	(2,447)
Equity in earnings (loss) in affiliates									0	0	0
Interest expense									4,261	4,664	4,288
Income (loss) before income taxes									35,878	28,381	(6,735)
Income tax expense (benefit)									2,407	10,520	(1,575)
Net income (loss)									33,471	17,861	(5,160)
Components of other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustments									0	0	0
Comprehensive income (loss)									33,471	17,861	(5,160)
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Non-Guarantors [Member]
REVENUES:
Food and beverage sales									6,273	5,770	6,148
Entertainment and merchandise sales									10,313	9,834	10,410
Total Company store sales									16,586	15,604	16,558
Franchise fees and royalties									0	0	0
International Association assessments and other fees									34,366	36,250	43,829
Total revenues									50,952	51,854	60,387
Company store operating costs:
Cost of food and beverage (exclusive of items shown separately below)									2,013	2,107	2,135
Cost of entertainment and merchandise (exclusive of items shown separately below)									653	656	643
Total cost of food, beverage, entertainment and merchandise									2,666	2,763	2,778
Labor expenses									5,094	5,035	5,503
Rent expense									2,200	2,215	2,533
Other store operating expenses									4,802	4,545	4,308
Total Company store operating costs									14,762	14,558	15,122
Other costs and expenses:
Advertising expense									41,768	40,117	40,798
General and administrative expenses									324	440	600
Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion, Net									2,082	2,241	2,091
Transaction and severance costs									0	0	0
Asset Impairment									5	63	89
Total operating costs and expenses									58,941	57,419	58,700
Operating Income (Loss)									(7,989)	(5,565)	1,687
Equity in earnings (loss) in affiliates									0	0	0
Interest expense									737	451	519
Income (loss) before income taxes									(8,726)	(6,016)	1,168
Income tax expense (benefit)									(660)	(1,809)	662
Net income (loss)									(8,066)	(4,207)	506
Components of other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustments									1,010	420	(2,403)
Comprehensive income (loss)									(7,056)	(3,787)	(1,897)
Eliminations [Member]
REVENUES:
Food and beverage sales									0	0	0
Entertainment and merchandise sales									0	0	0
Total Company store sales									0	0	0
Franchise fees and royalties										0	0
International Association assessments and other fees									(73,793)	(74,419)	(69,415)
Total revenues									(73,793)	(74,419)	(69,415)
Company store operating costs:
Cost of food and beverage (exclusive of items shown separately below)									0	0	0
Cost of entertainment and merchandise (exclusive of items shown separately below)									0	0	0
Total cost of food, beverage, entertainment and merchandise									0	0	0
Labor expenses									0	0	0
Rent expense									0	0	0
Other store operating expenses									(39,453)	(38,195)	(25,613)
Total Company store operating costs									(39,453)	(38,195)	(25,613)
Other costs and expenses:
Advertising expense									(34,340)	(36,224)	(43,802)
General and administrative expenses									0	0	0
Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion, Net									0	0	0
Transaction and severance costs									0	0	0
Asset Impairment									0	0	0
Total operating costs and expenses									(73,793)	(74,419)	(69,415)
Operating Income (Loss)									0	0	0
Equity in earnings (loss) in affiliates									(25,405)	(13,654)	4,654
Interest expense									0	0	0
Income (loss) before income taxes									(25,405)	(13,654)	4,654
Income tax expense (benefit)									0	0	0
Net income (loss)									(25,405)	(13,654)	4,654
Components of other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustments									(1,010)	(420)	2,403
Comprehensive income (loss)									$ (26,415)	$ (14,074)	$ 7,057