Christmas week was reliably bountiful for Broadway, with some record-breaking grosses for the holiday fulfilling producers’ holiday wishes. Among the big performers were Stranger Things: The First Shadow,

If you watched the Stranger Things finale on New Year’s Eve and found yourself scratching your head because the whole Vecna-Mind Flayer thing was glossed over and not addressed, you’re not imagining things.

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The First Shadow' grossed more than $2.5 million in one week over Christmas, a record for the Marquis Theater.

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The Top 10 earners for the week were Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, $3,038,963; Wicked, $3,001,721; Hamilton, $2,983,979; The Lion King, $2,754,103; Mamma Mia!; Stranger Things: The First Shadow; Chess, $1,727,978 ; MJ, $1,659,386; Aladdin, $1,602,12; and Art, $1,590,503, which recouped it investment this month.

The last batch of Stranger Things episodes dropped on Christmas. Volume 2 landed on December 25, and they are capping things off with the series finale on New Year’s Eve.

A briefcase that young Henry opened in Stranger Things volume 2 is linked to his origins as Vecna, as shown in the prequel play of Stranger Things.

The First Shadow" directly ties into the Duffer Brothers' plans for the final episodes of the hit Netflix series.