"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.

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

A number of fans rejoiced in 2022 when it was announced that veteran actress Cameron Diaz would come out of retirement for a new movie. That production ended up being the Netflix original Back in Action,

Cameron Diaz's new Netflix comeback movie finds its audience score on Rotten Tomatoes turning around and more than doubling its critic score.

After spending the last 10 years living her best life away from the eyes of the public, Cameron Diaz returned to the world of acting this month in Netflix’s new film, Back In Action.

In “Back in Action,” Diaz and Jamie Foxx star as retired CIA spies-turned-parents. After taking a break from the action to focus on their family life, they’re pulled back into the fight when enemies realize they’re still very much alive.

Netflix has released a new original movie that has immediately rocketed to #1 on the service, but is Back in Action with Cameron Diaz worth watching?

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

Cameron Diaz lights up the screen in the new Netflix movie 'Back in Action,' but she has revealed that the cast faced dark times during filming.

Back in Action' director Seth Gordon tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview that Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx supported each other throughout filming — when the actress marked her return to acting with her first movie in over a decade and the actor had a medical emergency during production in April 2023.

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?"

Casey Chong looks at Cameron Diaz’s best films as the star makes her return to the screen… It’s nice to see the long-missed Cameron Diaz ‘Back in Action‘ after an 11-year hiatus following her retirement from acting to raise her family.