Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for Back in Action (2025) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, McKenna Roberts, Rylan Jackson, Kyle Chandler, Glenn Close DIRECTOR: Seth Gordon CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ken Seng MUSIC: Christopher Lennertz PRODUCTION: Chernin Entertainment, Exhibit A, Good One

Box Office Performance

Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for Back in Action (2025). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Production

In June 2022, it was reported that Cameron Diaz was coming out of retirement for a Seth Gordon and Brendan O'Brien penned action comedy entitled Back in Action, also set to star Jamie Foxx. Beau Bauman was revealed to be producing for Good One Productions with Seth Gordon producing for Exhibit A and Foxx, Datari Turner, O'Brien and Mark McNair executive producing. In August 2022, Foxx spoke about persuading Diaz (whose last film prior to her retirement in 2014 was Annie, which he also starred in) to join the cast, telling Entertainment Tonight that "Cameron is such an incredible force and she has done so much in this business" and that he asked her "'Do you wanna have some fun? Just have some fun!' And I think that's what brought her to it...we're so happy that it's happening and looking forward to it".

In November 2022, Glenn Close and Kyle Chandler were added to the cast. In February 2023, Andrew Scott, McKenna Roberts, Rylan Jackson and Jamie Demetriou joined the cast. Principal photography took place in London from December 2, 2022, to March 9, 2023. In late February 2023, Diaz shot scenes at the River Thames. Filming in Atlanta began on March 28 and wrapped in late April. In mid-April, while Foxx was hospitalized for a medical emergency, body doubles were used to film his remaining scenes. The opening scene showing a cityscape was filmed in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Netflix spent $207.2 million producing the film, which came down to a net cost of $158.9 million after UK tax incentives.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Summary: 1 nomination total

CRITICAL RECEPTION

Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com gave the film one out of four stars and wrote, "Back in Action isn't as obnoxiously soulless as Red Notice, but it's firmly within that subgenre of glossy, globetrotting action pictures you can stream while you fold your laundry. It all feels so cynical."

Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it two and a half out of four stars, writing, "Director Seth Gordon (Four Christmases, Horrible Bosses) knows how to film fast-moving comedies with star appeal, and Diaz (who hasn't lost an ounce of onscreen charisma) and Foxx are terrific together, but wouldn't it have been lovely if they had tackled more creative and challenging material? Trading quips while engaging in high-wire action sequences that defy all credibility is the movie equivalent of ordering fast food for breakfast, lunch and dinner when there's a whole world of more interesting menus out there."