| 100% | MALEFICENT | 10 | Disney film franchise with 18-Across as the fairy Thistlewit in 2019's "Mistress of Evil" sequel |
| 51% | VENOM | 5 | Marvel film franchise with 18-Across as Dr. Paine in 2024's "The Last Dance" sequel |
| 35% | MISTRESS | 8 | __ of Evil, 2019 sequel to the film Maleficent |
| 34% | TRANSFORMERS | 12 | Film franchise starring 46-Across as Cade Yeager in "Age of Extinction" and "The Last Knight" |
| 32% | BELLE | 5 | Character from the Disney Princess franchise who falls in love with a cursed prince in the film based on a French fairy tale |
| 32% | LEONARD | 7 | With 18 Across, recipient of the comment |
| 32% | THOR | 4 | Film franchise featuring Marvel's Avengers with its second sequel in 2017 |
| 31% | ENCANTO | 7 | Disney film featuring the voice of 28-Across as a toucan named Pico |
| 31% | BHUT | 4 | With 18 Across, plant also known as the ghost pepper |
| 31% | ANNA | 4 | Disney Princess who goes in search of her sister, Elsa in the film based on a Danish fairy tale |
| 30% | PETS | 4 | "The Secret Life of ___" (animated film with a 2019 sequel) |
| 30% | SAW | 3 | Horror film franchise with its seventh sequel in 2017 |
| 30% | JOE | 3 | With 18 Across, 46th male President of the United States of America |
| 30% | MACAVITY | 8 | Idris Elba's character in the 2019 film adaptation of "Cats" |
| 30% | MISTRESS | 8 | Maleficent: __ of Evil, 2019 Disney fantasy sequel |
| 29% | MOANA | 5 | Disney film featuring Dwayne Johnson as the voice of Maui |
| 29% | INVESTIGATION | 13 | "CSI: ___," with 18-Across, the name of a TV show Liev Schreiber guest-starred in, also starring Laurence Fishburne |
| 29% | SMACK | 5 | With 33-Down, precisely, as in the middle of 17-, 23-, 51- and 62-Across |
| 29% | TRANSFORMERS | 12 | Film franchise featuring Optimus Prime with its fourth sequel in 2017 |
| 29% | CARS | 4 | Film franchise featuring Lightning McQueen with its second sequel in 2017 |
| 29% | CARS | 4 | Film franchise featuring Lightning McQueen with sequels in 2011 and 2017 |
| 29% | JUSTIN | 6 | With 35-Across, actor who plays Riley Poole in the "National Treasure" films and Disney+ series |
| 29% | PRESUMED | 8 | With 46-Across, 1990 film in which Harrison Ford stars as a prosecutor accused of murder |
| 29% | GOBLIN | 6 | With 27 Across, Oxford's Word of the Year for 2022, defined as self-indulgent behavior |
| 29% | MOANA | 5 | Disney film featuring the voice of Dwayne Johnson as the demigod Maui |
| 29% | SEVENDAYSINMAY | 14 | 1964 film with Ava Gardner as the former mistress of a general who is plotting to oust the president: 4 wds. |
| 29% | BERNARD | 7 | With 23 Across, luxury goods magnate listed by Forbes as the world's wealthiest person in 2023 |
| 28% | DESPICABLEME | 12 | Film franchise featuring yellow Minions with its second sequel in 2017 (2 wds.) |
| 28% | MULAN | 5 | Disney film with the song "I'll Make a Man Out of You" |
| 28% | TIPTOE | 6 | With 63-Across, song in the 1929 film Gold Diggers of Broadway |