| 100% | WIZ | 3 | 1974 musical based on a 1900 novel, with "The" |
| 60% | THEPHANTOMOF | 12 | Musical based on a French novel, "___ the Opera" is the longest-running show on Broadway: 3 wds. |
| 58% | FAIRLADY | 8 | Musical based on a novel by George Bernard Shaw, "My ___" was the longest-running Broadway show between 1956 - 1962: 2 wds. |
| 55% | BFG | 3 | 2016 film based on a Roald Dahl novel, with "The" |
| 55% | CAMELOT | 7 | Musical based on a T. H. White novel |
| 55% | HEATHERS | 8 | Musical based on a 1989 film, rhymes with feathers |
| 54% | LOVEYOU | 7 | "P.S. I ___," film based on a novel which shares its title with a 1962 song by The Beatles: 2 wds. |
| 52% | LESMIZ | 6 | 2012 movie musical based on a Victor Hugo novel, familiarly: 2 wds. |
| 51% | THEPHANTOM | 10 | & 25A 1986 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on a novel by Gaston Leroux |
| 51% | FATHER | 6 | Play based on a Clarence Day novel: Life With __ |
| 50% | CABARET | 7 | Broadway musical based on the Christopher Isherwood novel "Goodbye to Berlin" |
| 50% | IRONGIANT | 9 | 1999 animated tearjerker based on a Ted Hughes story, with The |
| 49% | LITTLEMERMAID | 13 | Musical based on a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen with music by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman: 2 wds. |
| 49% | SOUTH | 5 | "___ Pacific," musical based on a Pulitzer-winning book which was released during the Golden Age of Broadway |
| 49% | MANOFLAMANCHA | 13 | Broadway musical based on the Miguel de Cervantes novel "Don Quixote": 4 wds. |
| 49% | HALF | 4 | & 2D 1965 Broadway musical based on the novel Kipps by H G Wells |
| 49% | CHICAGO | 7 | Only Best Picture Oscar winner based on a Broadway musical since the 1960s |
| 49% | PAJAMAGAME | 10 | Musical based on "7 1/2 Cents," with "The" |
| 48% | WICKED | 6 | Broadway musical about the witches of Oz based on a novel by Gregory Maguire |
| 48% | CAMELOT | 7 | Broadway musical based on the T.H. White novel "The Once and Future King" |
| 48% | LIONKING | 8 | Musical based on a Disney film, "The ___" is Broadway's third longest-running show and the highest grossing production: 2 wds. |
| 48% | MORMON | 6 | The Book of __, musical based on a US religion |
| 47% | OLIVER | 6 | 1968 musical based on an 18-/41-Across novel, winner of the Oscar for Best Picture |
| 47% | SEX | 3 | ___ on the Beach, cocktail with a vodka base |
| 47% | THEFIRM | 7 | American legal thriller film based on a John Grisham novel by the same name: 2 wds. |
| 47% | MAY | 3 | "What Dreams ___ Come," fantasy drama film based on a novel of the same name starring Robin Williams |
| 47% | NOMADLAND | 9 | Best Picture winner based on a book with the subtitle Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century |
| 47% | NINE | 4 | Musical based on a Fellini film |