Opening multiple selected files in an app via Services

I have a simple service that opens a file in an app that renames the file.  (the app was created with A Better Finder Rename)  It works when a single file is selected, but if I select multiple files it only renames the last file that was selected and ignores the rest.
How can I get it to open all of the selected files in one go?  If I drag a bunch of selected files onto the app, it renames all of them as expected.  That's the behavior I want from the Service.
This is what the service looks like in Automator:
Thank you.

Hi,
Doc.Caliban wrote:
I have a simple service that opens a file in an app that renames the file.  (the app was created with A Better Finder Rename)  It works when a single file is selected, but if I select multiple files it only renames the last file that was selected and ignores the rest.
How can I get it to open all of the selected files in one go?
Remove the "Open Finder Items" action
Add the "Run AppleScript" action
Clear all the text in this action, and put this script in the action :
on run {input}
    try
        tell application "Movie Files" to open input
    end try
end run

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