| 100% | MANOFLAMANCHA | 13 | Broadway musical based on the Miguel de Cervantes novel "Don Quixote": 4 wds. |
| 47% | THEPHANTOMOF | 12 | Musical based on a French novel, "___ the Opera" is the longest-running show on Broadway: 3 wds. |
| 46% | CABARET | 7 | Broadway musical based on the Christopher Isherwood novel "Goodbye to Berlin" |
| 45% | FAIRLADY | 8 | Musical based on a novel by George Bernard Shaw, "My ___" was the longest-running Broadway show between 1956 - 1962: 2 wds. |
| 44% | HALF | 4 | & 2D 1965 Broadway musical based on the novel Kipps by H G Wells |
| 44% | CAMELOT | 7 | Broadway musical based on the T.H. White novel "The Once and Future King" |
| 39% | WICKED | 6 | Broadway musical about the witches of Oz based on a novel by Gregory Maguire |
| 39% | HADESTOWN | 9 | Broadway musical based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice |
| 39% | THEFAULTINOUR | 13 | "___ Stars," romantic tragedy film starring Ansel Elgort based on the novel of the same name: 4 wds. |
| 39% | LIONKING | 8 | Musical based on a Disney film, "The ___" is Broadway's third longest-running show and the highest grossing production: 2 wds. |
| 38% | MAMMAMIA | 8 | Musical based on the songs of ABBA: 2 wds. |
| 37% | WARPAINT | 8 | *2017 Broadway musical based on the rivalry between Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein |
| 37% | MAMMAMIA | 8 | Jukebox musical based on the hits of ABBA: 2 wds. |
| 36% | INTHEHEIGHTS | 12 | 2021 movie musical based on the stage musical by 14-Across: 3 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% | THESEAOFGRASS | 13 | 1947 Western drama film directed by Elia Kazan based on a 1936 novel of the same name, starring Katharine Hepburn: 4 wds. |
| 35% | OFLA | 4 | "Man ___ Mancha" (musical based on "Don Quixote") (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ROUGE | 5 | "Moulin ___!" musical based on the eponymous film that is one of the highest-grossing Broadway musicals |
| 34% | LESMIZ | 6 | 2012 movie musical based on a Victor Hugo novel, familiarly: 2 wds. |
| 34% | IDIOT | 5 | "American ___" (Broadway musical based on the music of Green Day) |
| 34% | GAMEOFTHRONES | 13 | Fantasy TV series based on the novels of George R. R. Martin: 3 wds. |
| 34% | MAMMAMIA | 8 | Jukebox musical based on the music of Swedish pop group "ABBA": 2 wds. |
| 34% | OLIVER | 6 | Broadway musical about an orphan based on a novel by Charles Dickens |
| 33% | ATOMICBLONDE | 12 | 2017 Charlize Theron spy thriller based on the graphic novel "The Coldest City": 2 wds. |
| 33% | THEWIZARDOFOZ | 13 | 1939 fantasy movie that's based on the same books as 18-Across: 4 wds. |
| 33% | BOAT | 4 | "Show ___" (Broadway musical based on an Edna Ferber novel) |
| 33% | RENT | 4 | Broadway musical loosely based on the opera "La Bohème" |
| 33% | OLIVER | 6 | Broadway musical based on Dickens |
| 33% | DREAMGIRLS | 10 | Musical based on the Supremes |