Dec 1, 2014 1 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – Holiday shopping may have been a bit of a bust over the Thanksgiving weekend, but Broadway simply gobbled up cash.

The Broadway League released data Monday showing the 36 plays and musicals on the Great White Way earned more than $34 million over the week ending Sunday, an increase of $2.6 million from the same week last season. Attendance was 284,569, or up 23,513 from the last Thanksgiving weekend.

Both of Disney’s Broadway shows – “The Lion King” and “Aladdin” – broke house records, with the musical about big cats drawing $2,422,718 over eight performances at the Minskoff Theatre and the one about a genie pulling in $1,759,955 at the New Amsterdam Theatre.