There are five films opening this week in theatres in the United States, below are a list of the films along with details for each alongside a summary.
- Title: Poker Face
- Category: Thriller, Crime, Action
- Run Time: 1 Hour 34 Minutes
- Summary: A tech billionaire hosts a high-stakes poker game between friends, but the evening takes a turn when long-held secrets are revealed, an elaborate revenge plot unfolds, and thieves break in.
- Director: Russell Crowe
- Writers: Stephen M. Coates (original script by),Russell Crowe (screenplay by)
- Stars: Russell Crowe, Liam Hemsworth, RZA
- Title: The Menu
- Category: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 Hour 46 Minutes
- Summary: A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
- Director: Mark Mylod
- Writers: Seth Reiss (screenplay), Will Tracy (screenplay)
- Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes, Nicholas Hoult
- Title: She Said
- Category: Drama
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 Hours 8 Minutes
- Summary: New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
- Director: Maria Schrader
- Writers: Rebecca Lenkiewicz (screenplay by), Jodi Kantor (based on the New York Times investigation by), Megan Twohey (based on the New York Times investigation by)
- Stars: Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Patricia Clarkson
- Title: Taurus
- Category: Drama, Music, Biography
- Run Time: 1 Hour 38 Minutes
- Summary: Follows the last days of a rising but problematic musician.
- Director: Tim Sutton
- Writer: Tim Sutton
- Stars: Megan Fox, Scoot McNairy, Ruby Rose
- Title: The Inspection
- Category: Drama
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 Hour 35 Minutes
- Summary: A young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside.
- Director: Elegance Bratton
- Writer: Elegance Bratton
- Stars: Jeremy Pope, Gabrielle Union, Bokeem Woodbine
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