UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K


                                 Current Report




                PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
                              EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)        November 10, 2003
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Commission File Number:    000-17962


                         Applebee's International, Inc.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            Delaware                                      43-1461763
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  (State or other jurisdiction of           (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
   incorporation or organization)

          4551 W. 107th Street, Suite 100, Overland Park, Kansas 66207
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              (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

                                 (913) 967-4000
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


                                      None
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)




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Item 9.           Regulation FD Disclosure

     On November 10, 2003, Applebee's International, Inc.(the "Company")  issued
a  press   release   entitled  "Applebee's  International  to   Present  at  the
Oppenheimer & Company 2003 Restaurant Conference". The press release is included
below.


                                                           FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Carol DiRaimo,
          Executive Director of Investor Relations
          (913) 967-4109


                   Applebee's International to Present at the
                Oppenheimer & Company 2003 Restaurant Conference

Overland  Park,  Kan.,  November  10,  2003 --  Applebee's  International,  Inc.
(Nasdaq:APPB)  will be presenting at the  Oppenheimer & Company 2003  Restaurant
Conference to be held in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday, November 12, 2003, at 8:25
a.m.  Central Time. A webcast of this  presentation  will be available  over the
Internet   at   www.businessvideochannel.com/opco/live.asx   and  will  also  be
available  at  the  Investor   Relations   section  of  the  company's   website
(www.applebees.com).  The  archived  webcast  will be  available  for two  weeks
following the presentation.  Applebee's  International,  Inc.,  headquartered in
Overland Park, Kan.,  develops,  franchises and operates  restaurants  under the
Applebee's  Neighborhood Grill & Bar brand, the largest casual dining concept in
the  world.   There  are  currently  1,556  Applebee's   restaurants   operating
system-wide  in  49  states  and  nine   international   countries.   Additional
information on Applebee's  International  can be found at the company's  website
(www.applebees.com).

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                                   SIGNATURES


Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                              APPLEBEE'S INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                                              (Registrant)


Date:     November 10, 2003                 By:/s/ Steven K. Lumpkin
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                                               Steven K. Lumpkin
                                               Executive Vice President and
                                               Chief Financial Officer



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