The main roles are gender-reversed from the original film. Derbez portrays a wealthy man who falls off of his yacht and is found by Faris' character, a single mother who convinces him that he is her husband. Filming began in Vancouver in May 2017. Eva Longoria joined the cast that month. "Overboard" was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Lionsgate Films (through the film is credited under its Pantelion Films division). It was originally scheduled for April 20, 2018, though in January 2018, the date was rescheduled for April 13, 2018. In March 2018, the film's release was rescheduled for May 4, 2018, to avoid competing against the new April 27 release of "". "Overboard" grossed $50.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $40.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $91.2 million, against a production budget of $12 million. In the United States and Canada, "Overboard" was released alongside "Tully" and "Bad Samaritan", and was projected to gross around $12 million from 1,623 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $4.8 million on its first day, including $675,000 from Thursday night previews, an improvement from the $450,000 made by Derbez's "How to Be a Latin Lover" the year before. The film went on to debut to $14.8 million, finishing second, behind holdover ""; like Derbez's other films, Latinos made up at least a plurality of the audience (41%). "Overboard" fell 31% to $10.1 million in its second week, dropping to fourth, behind "Avengers: Infinity War" ($64.8 million), "Life of the Party" ($18.2 million) and "Breaking In" ($16.5 million). On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 24% based on 86 reviews, and an average rating of 4.16/10. The website's critical consensus reads, ""Overboard" makes poor use of the ever-charming Anna Faris – and chooses questionable source material – to offer a remake that fails to clear the fairly low bar set by the original." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 42 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it an 83% overall positive score.