"Back in Action," which debuted Jan. 17, was viewed 46.8 million times from its release date through Jan. 19, Netflix said Tuesday. "Back in Action," which also stars Jamie Foxx, earned the best opening weekend for an English language film on Netflix since “The Adam Project” in March of 2022, Variety reported.

Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz's new movie 'Back in Action' debuted with 46.8 million views in its opening weekend on Netflix.

Back In Action marks Jamie Foxx’s second Netflix release since being hospitalized after falling ill in April 2023. In December 2024, the Texas native released the Netflix comedy special, What Had Happened Was, his first stand-up film in over two decades.

The title Back in Action (now streaming on Netflix) is functionally self-descriptive on two levels: It’s a return for both of its stars, Cameron Diaz after a decade of retirement from the acting biz,

You'll see the "third-act 'twist' coming a mile off", said Ben Travis in Empire, and Andrew Scott and Kyle Chandler are "wasted in insubstantial roles". But Back in Action is a fun, "fizzily watchable" treat. A word to Diaz: "Next time don't leave it so long, eh?"

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Viewers have truly tuned in for Cameron Diaz's highly anticipated return in Back in Action, as the action comedy has debuted at No. 1 on Netflix's Top 10 English movie list across over 80 countries. The spy flick saw Diaz's return to the big screen for the first time since Annie,

Even though it features a dismal 27% Rotten Tomatoes score, Cameron Diaz’s big comeback action movie has now become a global Netflix hit.