Martin Scorsese’s three-and-a-half-hour epic is the first of three high-profile movies the tech company will give wide theatrical releases in the coming months.

The streaming service also said its premium ad-free service will now cost $22.99 a month. Its option with ads costs $6.99 a month.

The movie made an estimated $95 million in ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada, giving a big boost to theaters suffering from strike-related delays.

Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the lead negotiator for SAG-AFTRA, will be a key player as the guild begins talks with the studios again on Monday.

The two sides announced the step a day after the leadership of the Hollywood writers’ union approved a tentative deal that ended its monthslong strike.

After two straight days of talks, the studios and the writers still remained apart on several points.

The stalemate is in its fifth month, and talks between the union and the Hollywood studios resumed for the first time since August.

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