Lion king vs. aladdin   stance: lion king:
In the Lion King, a Good Character actually dies, which gives the movie a much more serious and dramatic undertone than Aladdin. Besides my personal preference for drama!, this also makes the movie more layered and thus suitable for more kinds of people, which means there's a bigger target audience, which makes the potential revenue bigger.
Plus, the Lion King got more Oscar Nominations than Aladdin, so there!