The theater will reopen after a reinspection is complete and conditions are satisfactory," the city's public health director said.

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

The movie theater has been closed since Thursday, December 5th, after the Methuen Department of Health, Human Services, and Inspections found “enough evidence of pest entry into the building to warrant shutting it down so that repairs could be made.