Overview
- Das Kanu des Manitu is closing in on roughly five million cinema admissions in Germany after a rapid start that earned a Bogey-Award for passing one million tickets within seven days.
- Michael "Bully" Herbig said the team is considering ideas that include a Christmas story, a third Manitu, a return to space with a (T)Raumschiff Surprise successor, a film about three aging comedians, or a Three Musketeers variant.
- Herbig stressed that no follow-up is in development, and Rick Kavanian said they need some distance before choosing a project.
- A confirmed plan will re-release a remastered Der Schuh des Manitu with Das Kanu des Manitu as a theatrical double-feature in 2026 for the original’s 25th anniversary.
- The surge reflects the trio’s enduring box-office pull, with the 2001 original drawing about 11.7 million viewers and the 2004 space comedy about 9.1 million.