| 100% | BIGMIRACLE | 10 | 2012 Drew Barrymore movie based on the nonfiction book "Freeing the Whales": 2 wds. |
| 56% | GREENZONE | 9 | 2010 Matt Damon movie based on the nonfiction book "Imperial Life in the Emerald City": 2 wds. |
| 50% | MEANGIRLS | 9 | 2004 Lindsay Lohan movie based partly on the nonfiction book "Queen Bees and Wannabes": 2 wds. |
| 46% | BATMANFOREVER | 13 | Comic book adaptation of the 1995 movie based on a DC Comics character: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ADAPTATION | 10 | 2002 Meryl Streep movie based on the nonfiction book "The Orchid Thief" |
| 44% | ARGO | 4 | 2012 movie based on the Tony Mendez book "The Master of Disguise" |
| 42% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Writer of the children's books that the movies directed by 14-, 20-, and 36-Across were based on: 2 wds. |
| 42% | THEWIZARDOFOZ | 13 | 1939 fantasy movie that's based on the same books as 18-Across: 4 wds. |
| 41% | NEEDFOR | 7 | "___ Speed," Dominic Cooper movie based on a video game of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 39% | LESMIZ | 6 | 2012 movie musical based on a Victor Hugo novel, familiarly: 2 wds. |
| 39% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Author of "It," based on whose books movies such as "The Shining" have been also been made: 2 wds. |
| 39% | WYNONNAEARP | 11 | 2016 TV series developed by Emily Andras which is based on the comic book series by Beau Smith: 2 wds. |
| 38% | EMMATHOMPSON | 12 | Actress who plays the protagonist in "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang," which is based on the "Nurse Matilda" books: 2 wds. |
| 38% | FLASHGORDON | 11 | Movie based on a comic character starring Sam J. Jones, for which the band "Queen" composed the musical score: 2 wds. |
| 38% | BABE | 4 | Movie based on the children's book "The Sheep-Pig" |
| 37% | NEWAMSTERDAM | 12 | NBC's medical drama TV series based on the book "Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital": 2 wds. |
| 37% | MARYPOPPINS | 11 | Musical based on children's books by P.L. Travers and 1964 Disney film of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ARGO | 4 | 2012 movie based on the CIA's "Canadian Caper" |
| 37% | TOMWOLFE | 8 | Author of the 1979 book about space flight that 34-Across is based on: 2 wds. |
| 37% | RODERICKTHORP | 13 | Author who wrote "Nothing Lasts Forever," the novel on which movie in 17a was based: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BLADERUNNER | 11 | Movie based on the book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" |
| 36% | READYPLAYERONE | 14 | Movie based on a 2011 Ernest Cline book: 3 wds. |
| 36% | JACKLONDON | 10 | Author of the 1903 novel, "The Call of the Wild," on which the 2020 movie is based: 2 wds. |
| 36% | WEDDINGSINGER | 13 | "The ___," 1998 movie starring Drew Barrymore as waitress Julia Sullivan: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MOVINOUT | 8 | Jukebox musical based on the hits of Billy Joel: 2 wds. |
| 36% | AMERICANIDIOT | 13 | Jukebox musical based on the hits of Green Day: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ROGUETRADER | 11 | Ewan McGregor's movie which is based on a derivatives broker who caused the collapse of Barings Bank: 2 wds. |
| 35% | GREATGATSBY | 11 | "The ___," Tobey Maguire's (birthday today) 2013 movie based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel: 2 wds. |
| 35% | PAINTEDHOUSE | 12 | "A ___," a 2003 movie based on a John Grisham novel of the same name about a 7 year old boy named Luke Chandler: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MAMMAMIA | 8 | Musical based on the songs of ABBA: 2 wds. |