The August date leaves a more open field for Slender Man to find an audience. Last year’s August horror release Annabelle: Creation certainly benefited from weak post-summer competition, grossing $102 million domestically.
Screen Gems originally set May 18, 2018 as the release date for Slender Man.
Screen Gems has moved Slender Man from its original May 2018 release date to August of this year.
Slender Man most likely won’t get any Oscar love, but Screen Gems will just be happy if it makes money like a run-of-the-mill Blumhouse film.