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.

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

The Methuen health department shut down the theater after rodent droppings and urine were found. A sign on the door and its website read on Tuesday, “We apologize for the inconvenience, but this theatre is temporarily closed.”