About RunPee
RunPee is an app that tells you the best few minutes in a movie to go to the bathroom, what to watch for so you know the moment has come, and what you missed while you were gone. It also tells you whether there's anything during or after the credits worth staying for.
It started as a website in 2008. Today it covers more than 2,300 movies and is used by about 250,000 moviegoers a year.
A Family Business
RunPee is a family business. Every week new movies come out, and every week someone in the family is in a theater watching them so the Peetimes are ready when you need them, usually by opening night.
We've never had an advertising budget. Luckily, RunPee is both useful and a little ridiculous, which makes it a fun story to tell. Nearly everyone who uses it heard about it from a friend. Word of mouth is what has kept us growing since 2008, and it still is.
100% Donation Supported
RunPee is free. There are no ads, no paywall and no premium tier. It runs entirely on tips from the people who use it, plus movie sponsorships.
If RunPee has saved you from missing the best scene in a movie, you can support it here. Tips you leave in the app are credited to the Peep who wrote that movie's Peetimes.
What We Actually Do
The app is the easy part. The real work is this: find the few minutes in every movie that are best for stepping out, and write down clearly what happened while you were gone.
The first half means someone has to sit in a theater and watch the whole movie. The second half means squeezing those minutes into a Synopsis you can read in thirty seconds and still pick the story back up. Neither one has a shortcut, and neither one is something software can do for us.
Why You Can Trust It
- Every Peetime comes from a person. No algorithm decides when you go. Someone sat in a theater with a timer and a notebook, taking notes in the dark.
- We don't pad the count. Some movies have only one good Peetime. We'd rather tell you that than carve out a stretch you'll regret leaving for.
- We don't spoil. The Cue gives nothing away, and Anything Extra tells you whether and when there's something after the credits. The details are tucked behind a clearly marked spoiler section for people who want them.
Learn More
- How RunPee Started: a three-hour King Kong, and a long wait for the ape to die
- The RunPee Family: the people who watch the movies and find the Peetimes
- An Email From Beijing: in 2009 a moviegoer in Beijing read about RunPee before seeing Avatar and wrote to Dan offering to help bring it to China. That's how Vera Tsien joined the family and how RunPee China began.
- Our Golden Rule: the one rule behind every Peetime
- How Peetimes Get Found: what actually happens in the theater
- Our Grading Scale: what our letter grades mean
- Media Kit: logos, photos and quick facts for writers
- What People Say About RunPee
Get in Touch
Spotted a Peetime that doesn't match your showing, or have an idea to make RunPee better? Studios sometimes change a movie after release, so we want to hear about it. Contact us.