Last year, the Science Center hosted 19 films. This year--including movies scheduled through the end of the year--the number has dropped to 13.
War of the Weekends
"Attendance depends on many factors such as film title chosen, effectiveness of the postering efforts, and other activities that weekend," McCallion says.
Student group leaders say securing the right weekend is crucial.
"In the past, there has been a problem with groups showing different movies on the same days, because no one wants a weekend when there are midterms or a billion other events going on," says Emily Y. Yang '01, co-president of the Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association (AAA).
During the popular weekends--like when lonely prospective students invade the campus--two groups may battle it out for audiences and hurt each other's profits.
But even a prime weekend was not enough to fill the house for a showing of "Dead Poets Society."
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