Video taking off 56x its usual first day

Julianne Moore rehearses a rent demand in The Debut

A24's second trailer pairs Moore with an exacting Paul Giamatti in Jesse Eisenberg's theater comedy, due in December.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,263,639 views a day, 56 times a normal first day on this channel (22,652).

The Debut | Official Trailer 2 HD | A24

Paul Giamatti's theater director lets the ensemble go home, with one exception: Mona, played by Julianne Moore, still has a very short line to get right. Asking for the rent apparently requires an extended rehearsal.

That escalating encounter drives "The Debut | Official Trailer 2 HD | A24," which reached nearly a million views in fourteen hours, an unusually fast start for one of the studio's short uploads. This is a film trailer, but it gives the rehearsal-room confrontation enough space to develop from a question of delivery into a test of wills.

Moore tries different inflections. Giamatti keeps pushing. Another cast member tells Mona that he is testing her, and the rehearsal eventually moves into a dark auditorium, where he demands that she make him actually hand over the money.

The comments pick up on that pressure-cooker setup. Viewers invoke Whiplash, while one commenter who says they attended an early screening compares the film's comedy to an extended I Think You Should Leave sketch. Others single out the credit for Eisenberg's music and lyrics, another job alongside writing, directing and appearing in the film.

For Moore and Eisenberg, it is a reunion: she also starred in his feature-directing debut, When You Finish Saving World (2023). Here, their collaboration puts her inside a musical production, with Giamatti making even the smallest piece of dialogue a substantial assignment.

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What viewers say

I'm automatically sold with anything Paul Giamatti is in.
@michaelstrong5383See it on YouTube
Music and Lyrics by: Jesse Eisenberg.

I'm sold!
@andyneofytouSee it on YouTube
Got to see an early screening of this. Thought it was gonna be a serious drama or Whiplash-type movie but was pleasantly surprised when it was a ridiculously silly comedy. It’s basically a feature-length I Think You Should Leave skit with Julianne Moore as a Tim Robinson-type character, and I mean that in the best way possible
@Good4JoshSee it on YouTube

3 more comments

Julianne Moore as Marge Simpson
Paul Giamatti as Llewellyn Sinclair
@gokinsmenSee it on YouTube
I’m a simple gal- I see Paul Giamatti, I get excited about upcoming movie ^^
@karaczkaSee it on YouTube
Saw it at TIFF. It's one of the best and funniest films of the year!
@AMIN_mashSee it on YouTube

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The facts

Channel: A24
Subscribers: 1,990,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 4,027,157
Channel views, pace per day: 291,040 (on a normal day: 842,544)
Video published: November 10, 2026
Video views so far: 964,300 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 1,263,639

The numbers

The trailer's early views stand well above A24's usual start for uploads of this length. Its comment count has also already passed the channel's usual full first day.

the video's first day

usual first day here

22,652

this video

1,263,639

subscribers

1,990,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

2,119,430,975

views per day

291,040