| 100% | CATS | 4 | 1983 Best Musical Tony winner made into a 1998 direct-to-video movie |
| 62% | THEKINGANDI | 11 | 1952 Best Musical Tony winner made into a 1956 Yul Brynner movie: 4 wds. |
| 62% | LESMISERABLES | 13 | 1987 Best Musical Tony winner made into a 2012 Hugh Jackman movie: 2 wds. |
| 62% | ACHORUSLINE | 11 | 1976 Best Musical Tony winner made into a 1985 Michael Douglas movie: 3 wds. |
| 62% | NINE | 4 | 1982 Best Musical Tony winner made into a 2009 Daniel Day-Lewis movie |
| 60% | RENT | 4 | 1996 Best Musical Tony winner made into a 2005 movie starring six of the eight original Broadway cast members |
| 44% | KINKYBOOTS | 10 | 2013 Best Musical Tony winner ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 36% | ALADDIN | 7 | Animated film made into a Tony-nominated Broadway musical |
| 35% | OLDLACE | 7 | "17-Across and ___" (1939 play made into a movie directed by Frank Capra) |
| 35% | EZIOPINZA | 9 | 1950 Tony winner for Best Actor in a Musical |
| 35% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | 2019 Tony winner for Best Revival of a Musical |
| 35% | PARADE | 6 | 2023 Tony winner for Best Revival of a Musical |
| 33% | CATS | 4 | Best Musical Tony winner after "Nine" |
| 33% | MINECRAFT | 9 | Video game made into a 2025 movie with Jason Momoa and 24-Across |
| 33% | ADAPTS | 6 | Makes a musical into a movie, say |
| 33% | AVENUEQ | 7 | 2004 Best Musical Tony winner |
| 33% | WIZ | 3 | Best Musical Tony winner of 1975, with "The" |
| 32% | LESMIZ | 6 | 1987 Best Musical Tony winner, informally |
| 32% | EVITA | 5 | First British Best Musical Tony winner |
| 32% | BRODERICK | 9 | Matthew —, 1983 Best Featured Actor in a Play Tony Award winner for Brighton Beach Memoirs |
| 32% | EVAN | 4 | "Dear ___ Hansen" (2017 Best Musical Tony winner) |
| 32% | DEAR | 4 | "___ Evan Hansen" (2017 Best Musical Tony winner) |
| 32% | WIZ | 3 | 1975 Best Musical Tony winner, with "The" |
| 32% | DEAR | 4 | 2017 Best Musical Tony winner "___ Evan Hansen" |
| 32% | EVAN | 4 | "Dear __ Hansen": 2017 Best Musical Tony winner |
| 32% | ADAPTED | 7 | Made into a movie, say |
| 32% | ADAPTS | 6 | Makes into a movie, say |
| 32% | MARGARET | 8 | With 40-Across, author of the 1936 novel "Gone With the Wind," which was made into a Best Picture-winning movie |
| 32% | CORMACMCCARTHY | 14 | Author of the 2005 novel "No Country for Old Men," which was made into a Best Picture-winning movie: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ADAPT | 5 | Make into a musical, e.g. |