The Real Cancun

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The Real Cancun
DVD cover for The Real Cancun
Directed by	Rick de Oliveira
Produced by	Rick de Oliveira
Written by	Brian Caldirola
Music by	Snoop Dogg Simple Plan Hot Action Cop
Editing by	James Gavin Bedford
Distributed by	New Line
Release date(s)	April 25 2003
Running time	96 min
Language	English
Budget	$7,500,000
Gross revenue	$5,345,000
IMDb profile

The Real Cancun is a 2003 American reality film released on April 25, 2003 in the U.S.

Inspired by the reality television genre, this film followed the lives of 16 Americans from March 13, 2003 to March 23, as they celebrated spring break in Cancún, Mexico and experienced romantic relationships, emotional strife, or just had a good time.^[1]

The film was widely considered a box office bomb and was a nominee for Worst Picture at the 2003 Golden Raspberry Awards.

However, the film was notable for several reasons. It was released to movie theaters only a month after filming was completed^[2], and was released on DVD and home video only a couple of months after that^[3], marking one of the fastest turnarounds ever, from production to theatrical release to home video. The movie is also notable for being one of the first American mainstream, major studio releases to show unsimulated sexual intercourse between "cast members," although nothing explicit is shown on screen. The DVD release contained additional footage, but the producers chose not to include any explicitly pornographic images. One of the most memorable moments was when Sarah Wilkins was stung by a jellyfish during a bungee jump; she was treated by having another vacationer pouring a glass of his urine over the wound.

The movie took in $3,825,000 domestically and $1,520,000 Internationally, coming well short of its $7,500,000 production cost.^[4] The initial DVD release that followed was, in turn, followed in 2005 by an extended edition DVD that included extra footage.

Some early media reports suggested that this film was a theatrical spin-off of The Real World reality series, also produced by Bunim-Murray Productions, but in fact there was no direct link between the two productions.