Claim: Maggie Gyllenhaal had a leading role in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang.

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang -LRB- released in the United States and Canada as Nanny McPhee Returns -RRB- 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 .   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 .