The Jonas Brothers’ first movie-musical enjoyed a big premiere on the Disney Channel on Friday night. The debut of Camp Rock was a ratings hit, drawing 8.9 million viewers, Nielsen Media Research announced Saturday.

The Camp Rock audience surpassed the 7.7 million viewers who watched High School Musical’s Disney debut two years ago, but comes up a little short in comparision to last summer’s premiere of High School Musical 2, which earned the distinction of basic cable’s Most-Watched Entertainment Telecast Ever after 17.7 million for the singing-dancing extravaganza.