An Astoria business owner stepped in and donated unused commercial space deemed suitable for Schwarzenegger, and the shoot continued. Also filmed in or near Astoria:  Information on Astoria area locations are courtesy of the "Astoria & Warrenton Area Chamber of Commerce". Interior school scenes were shot at Universal Studios in Hollywood. The film's opening scene was filmed at the Westfield MainPlace in Santa Ana, California, and South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, California. "Kindergarten Cop" grossed $91.4 million in North America, $110.5 in other territories, and $202 million worldwide. It was released in the United Kingdom on February 1, 1991, and topped the country's box office that weekend. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 50% based on 36 reviews. The site's consensus states: "Arnold Schwarzenegger substitutes his action brio with some refreshingly adept comedic timing, but "Kindergarten Cop" is too grim for children and too cloying for adults." On Metacritic, it has a score of 61 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave it an average grade of "A-" on an A+ to F scale. Reviewer Caryn James of "The New York Times" said, "Like "Twins", which was also directed by Ivan Reitman, nothing in the film is as funny as the idea of it." In Kim Newman's review for "Empire", he wrote, "with a heart of purest mush, the film still manages to be generally entertaining" and gave it 3 stars out of 5. An EW.com review at the time of release notes that: "the movie never quite gels and it is not going to generate quite the mega hit business their producers are counting on," giving it a 'C' grade. Roger Ebert said the film: "is made up of two parts that shouldn't fit, but somehow they do, making a slick entertainment out of the improbable, the impossible and Arnold Schwarzenegger" and awarded it three stars. On April Fool's Day 2012, as a prank, it was announced that the film was selected for a release on DVD and Blu-ray Disc as part of the Criterion Collection, a video distribution company dedicated to the release of "important classic and contemporary films". It was said to be selected as important in part because of its genre revisionist use of both the policier and family comedy genres in the same film.