Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Quarterly Financial Information

	Revenues(1)		Operating Margin		Net Income (2)		Net Income (Loss) Per Share— Basic(3)		Net Income (Loss) Per Share— Diluted(3)
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
2013
1st Quarter	$	163,169	$	94,424	$	18,239	$	0.95	$	0.93
2nd Quarter	158,114		91,026		16,937		0.88		0.87
3rd Quarter	161,283		93,043		18,730		0.98		0.97
4th Quarter	157,901		91,199		18,131		0.95		0.94
2012
1st Quarter	$	245,582	$	108,575	$	31,344	$	1.69	$	1.64
2nd Quarter	229,391		98,254		16,938		0.89		0.88
3rd Quarter	216,318		96,377		60,573		3.26		3.14
4th Quarter	158,637		88,738		18,819		0.98		0.97

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⁽¹⁾ Revenues in 2012 were impacted by the refranchising of 154 Applebee's company-operated restaurants in 2012 as follows: 17 in the first quarter of 2012, 98 in the third quarter of 2012 and 39 in the fourth quarter of 2012.

⁽²⁾ Net income in 2012 was impacted by gains on disposition of assets (primarily the refranchising and sale of related restaurant assets of Applebee's company-operated restaurants) of $16.7 million in the first quarter of 2012, $73.6 million in the third quarter of 2012 and $13.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2012.

⁽³⁾ The quarterly amounts may not add to the full year amount as each quarterly calculation is discrete from the full-year calculation.