The AMC Phipps Plaza 14 movie theater has reopened after being closed for several hours on Sunday.
According to theater employees, a water pipe burst causing flooding in the building.
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The theater was closed between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Anyone who purchased tickets for showings during that time period was refunded.
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The closure happened during one of the busiest movie weekends of all time.
Warner Bros. “Barbie” claimed the top spot at the box office, pulling in $155 million in ticket sales from North American theaters in 4,243 locations.
It was the biggest opening of the year and broke the first-weekend record for a film directed by a woman.
Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” was another big draw this weekend, earning $80.5 million from 3,610 theaters in the U.S. and Canada.
It was one of the biggest openings ever for an R-rated biographical drama.
Once the weekend is complete, it will likely turn out to be the fourth biggest box office weekend of all time with over $300 million industrywide.
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