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German Box Office Rises 9% to $1.01 Billion Led by Comedy Western ‘Manitou’s Canoe’

January 12, 2026

Jan 12, 2026 7:01am PT German Box Office Rises 9% to $1.01 Billion Led by Comedy Western ‘Manitou’s Canoe’ By Leo Barraclough Plus Icon Leo Barraclough International Features Editor LeoBarraclough Latest Golden Globes Honors Artemis Rising Foundation Documentary Prize Winners Eugene Jarecki and Ross McElwee 4 days ago John Lithgow, Hiam Abbass and Valeria Golino Among Speakers at Rotterdam Film Festival 4 days ago Petra Volpe, Director of Oscar-Shortlisted ‘Late Shift,’ to Receive Zurich’s Golden Eye Award 4 days ago See All "Manitou's Canoe" (Courtesy of herbX film/Constantin Film/Luis Zeno Kuhn) Box office in Germany rose 9% to €864 million ($1.01 billion) last year, with admissions growing 4.5% to 84.6 million, according to Comscore. This compares with 2024’s €793 million, and admissions totaling 80.9 million, and 2023’s €859 million with 87.2 million tickets sold. Box office in 2024 was down 7.8% on the previous year.

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German films took a 24.8% share of the B. O.
market in 2025, and 27% of the admissions, the highest for many years.
One of the local films, comedy western “Manitou’s Canoe” (Das Kanu des Manitu), took the overall number one position in Germany for the year, with over 5 million admissions, and another homegrown film, “The School of Magical Animals 4,” was also in the top 10, with 2.9 million admissions.
“Manitou’s Canoe,” released by Constantin, had a gross of €50.9 million in 2025.
The film, which is a sequel to the hit “Manitou’s Shoe,” is directed, co-written and is produced by Michael “Bully” Herbig, who also stars.

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German Box Office Rises 9% to $1.01 Billion Led by Comedy Western ‘Manitou’s Canoe’

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German Box Office Rises 9% to $1.01 Billion Led by Comedy Western ‘Manitou’s Canoe’

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