# Bizarre new app tells cinemagoers best time to go to bathroom as Hollywood blockbusters grow ever-longer

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/bizarre-new-app-tells-cinemagoers-best-time-to-go-to-bathroom-as-hollywood-blockbusters-grow-ever-longer/
- Published: 2026-11-06T16:03:32+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T16:21:35+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16271573/Bizarre-new-app-cinemagoers-time-bathroom.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Entertainment, Film, Offbeat, Software, Technology, Weird & Viral, World

## Key points

- RunPee suggests timed loo breaks during films.
- It offers short scene summaries for viewers who step out.
- Its creator says over 250,000 people use it monthly.

## Summary

RunPee helps cinema-goers choose a moment to leave a film for a short loo break without losing track of the story. Its growth reflects how runtimes of around three hours have become more common, making it harder for some viewers to sit through a screening.

Creator Dan Gardner said he devised the app after watching the roughly three-and-a-half-hour film *King Kong* in 2005, and launched it in 2008. Users can find staff-selected three to four-minute “Peetimes”, with timing cues, break lengths and optional summaries of missed scenes. Gardner says more than 250,000 people use the app at least once a month, and it gained about 7,000 users around the premiere of *You Can See Everything*.

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