<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $35 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $93,251,121 </Td> </Tr> <P> Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (released in the United States and Canada as Nanny McPhee Returns) is a 2010 fantasy comedy family film directed by Susanna White, produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Lindsay Doran with music by James Newton Howard and co-produced by StudioCanal, Relativity Media, Working Title Films and Three Strange Angels . It is a sequel to the 2005 film Nanny McPhee . It was adapted by Emma Thompson from Christianna Brand's Nurse Matilda books . Thompson reprises her role as Nanny McPhee, and the film also stars Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ralph Fiennes, Rhys Ifans, Ewan McGregor, Asa Butterfield and Dame Maggie Smith . The film was theatrically released on August 20, 2010 by Universal Pictures . </P> <P> The film received positive reviews from critics and it earned $93,251,121 on a $35 million budget . It also received a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Performance in a Feature Film . The film was released on DVD and Blu - ray in the UK on 19 June 2010 . </P>

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