Kindergarten Cop
6.3
“Go ahead, YOU tell him you didn't do your homework.”
Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous moppets whose antics try his patience and test his mettle, Kimble may have met his match … in more ways than one.
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Part of Kindergarten Cop Collection
2 films
Cast
109 people
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Kimble
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Ivan Reitman Director · Murray Salem Screenplay Herschel Weingrod Screenplay
Worldwide gross $202M · Budget $15M · United States release December 21, 1990
Box office
Budget
$15,000,000
Worldwide gross
$201,957,688
Gross vs. budget
13.5×
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
Imagine Entertainment
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
Canada · December 21, 1990
Theatrical
United States · December 21, 1990
Theatrical
United States · January 1, 1991
Physical · VHS
Argentina
January 3, 1991 · Theatrical
Australia
January 3, 1991 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 25, 1991 · Theatrical
Canada
July 1, 2014 · Physical · Blu-ray
Denmark
February 8, 1991 · Theatrical
Finland
February 8, 1991 · Theatrical
France
February 13, 1991 · Theatrical
November 10, 1999 · Physical · DVD
July 26, 2017 · Digital · VOD
May 5, 2021 · Physical · Blu-ray
January 3, 2026 · TV · RLT9
April 28, 2026 · TV · RTL9
Germany
February 6, 1991 · Theatrical
Greece
January 8, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Hong Kong SAR China
May 23, 1991 · Theatrical
Hungary
March 15, 1991 · Theatrical
India
November 6, 1991 · Theatrical
Ireland
February 1, 1991 · Theatrical
Italy
March 8, 1991 · Theatrical
Japan
June 8, 1991 · Theatrical
Mexico
January 20, 1998 · Physical · DVD
Netherlands
February 8, 1991 · Theatrical
Philippines
April 23, 1991 · Theatrical
January 20, 1998 · Digital
Poland
June 9, 1991 · Theatrical
Portugal
February 8, 1991 · Theatrical
Singapore
January 20, 1998 · Physical · DVD
South Korea
February 14, 1991 · Theatrical
Spain
March 22, 1991 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 1, 1991 · Theatrical
Switzerland
February 8, 1991 · Theatrical · German
February 9, 1991 · Theatrical · French
Türkiye
April 12, 1991 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 1, 1991 · Theatrical
XC
January 24, 1992 · Theatrical
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