Where was Bad Day filmed? Cameron Diaz’s worst day runs through eight New Jersey towns

Filming began in downtown Plainfield at the end of September 2025. Diaz was spotted on Park Avenue wearing a red employee vest for Rooms & More, her name tag reading “Joy.” The former Courier News building at 220 Park Avenue – a historic structure in the North Avenue Historic District that housed the 140-year-old newspaper until the early 1960s – was transformed into the fictional store. Scenes were filmed around the intersection of Park Avenue and North Avenue, where Joy’s car is towed away – visible in the trailer as the moment the day starts going wrong. Additional filming took place on Watchung Avenue near Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. 

At the beginning of October, Diaz was spotted filming on Church Street in Paterson, where a temporary set piece – a self-serve car wash called Tri Boro Handwash – was built for the production.

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Bloomfield gave the production two locations. In early October, filming took place on Bell Street, where Diaz and Ben Schwartz were seen on set – Schwartz sitting in a silver Mustang convertible while Diaz leaned over the car to talk to him. 
In mid-October, filming took over Broad Street, with the crew closing approximately four blocks from Osborne Street to Hoover Avenue. A motorcycle laden with camera equipment zipped down the sidewalk. Stunt work and street scenes also filmed along James Street.

The production’s second unit shut down a stretch of Route 133 in East Windsor for filming in the first weeks of October. Diaz was not present – this was vehicle and action work, suggesting the chase sequences get bigger as Joy’s day escalates.

In mid-October, filming moved to historic Smith Street in Perth Amboy. The bank sequence – where Joy rushes in and gets mistaken for a robber – was filmed at 210 Smith Street, a vacant bank building at the intersection with Maple Street. 

Diaz and co-star Rhenzy Feliz filmed at a gas station in Jersey City on October 9. Additional street scenes were filmed across Jersey City locations.

In November 2025, filming moved to Hoboken. Production trucks were spotted across town – on River Street, Newark Street and Hudson Street – as the crew filmed street scenes. 

Bad Day premieres on Netflix on December 11, 2026.