The Methuen Health and Human Services department said it found "substantial" evidence of a rodent problem in the theater.

Tipped off by a moviegoer who claimed a rat scuttled across her feet during a showing of “Wicked,” Methuen health officials temporarily closed an AMC theater for cleaning last week.

A rodent problem has shut down a popular movie theater in Methuen, Massachusetts. The city's health department is forcing the curtain call until the issue is addressed after a woman complained that a rat ran over her feet while she was watching a movie this past week.