Only One Film Topping Him: "the Canoe of the Manitu" Sets Mega Cinema Start

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A quarter of a century lies between Michael »Bully« Herbig's two »Manitu« films. Now the audience shows: In the meantime, the audience seems to have accumulated a lot of anticipation.

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"The Canoe of the Manitou is already the third most successful German film in 2025. The film shows remarkable figures.

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The most successful start of a German film since 2019: Although the cult forerunner lured more people into the cinema in the first few days of 2001, the numbers of Bully's new film can be seen.

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VIENNA. "The Canoe of Manitu", Michael Bully Herbig's long-awaited sequel to the 2001 Com service classic "The Shoe of Manitu", reached 166,000 spectators at the start weekend in Austria.

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"Das Kanu des Manitu", Michael Bully Herbig's long awaited sequel to the comedy classic "Der Schuh des Manitu" from 2001, reached 166,000 viewers at the start weekend in Austria. According to the agency-page, this is the "best cinema release of a German-language film since 2017" and the best Austrian release of a cinema film since 2019.