| 100% | XMEN | 4 | Film franchise with "First Class" and "Apocalypse" films: Hyph. |
| 52% | XMEN | 4 | Movie franchise with sequels subtitled "Days of Future Past" and "Apocalypse": Hyph. |
| 48% | CARS | 4 | Film franchise featuring Lightning McQueen with sequels in 2011 and 2017 |
| 47% | KAL | 3 | With, 42-Down, co-star of the "Harold and Kumar" films |
| 46% | THOR | 4 | Film franchise featuring a hammer-wielding superhero with sequels in 2013, 2017, and 2022 |
| 46% | DESPICABLEME | 12 | Film franchise featuring yellow Minions with sequels in 2013, 2017, and 2024 (2 wds.) |
| 45% | XMEN | 4 | Film franchise featuring Wolverine and Mystique (Hyph.) |
| 45% | TRANSFORMERS | 12 | Film franchise featuring alien robots with sequels in 2009, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2023, and 2024 |
| 44% | FRIDAY | 6 | "___ the 13th" (horror franchise with 12 films) |
| 43% | SAW | 3 | Film franchise featuring a violent killer with sequels in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2017, 2021, and 2023 |
| 43% | ADDAMS | 6 | With 27-Across and 37-Across, Anjelica Huston/Raúl Juliá film with a first Thanksgiving reenactment scene |
| 43% | GODZILLA | 8 | Film franchise with terrifying lizard beast |
| 42% | STARWARS | 8 | Franchise with Han Solo and Darth Vader |
| 42% | STEPDOWN | 8 | Anne Fletcher misses the mark with this first film in a dance franchise (2006) |
| 42% | AONE | 4 | First class, hyph. |
| 42% | AONE | 4 | First class: Hyph. |
| 41% | HALLOWEEN | 9 | Film series with Laurie Strode and Michael Myers |
| 41% | ICEAGE | 6 | Film franchise with a saber-toothed tiger named Diego |
| 41% | MIB | 3 | Film franchise with a 2019 International installation, for short |
| 40% | ARNOLD | 6 | First name in action films |
| 40% | LON | 3 | First name in horror films |
| 40% | FREDDY | 6 | First name in horror films |
| 40% | BELA | 4 | First name in horror films |
| 40% | HARLOW | 6 | Rapper Jack with the hits "Whats Poppin" and "First Class" |
| 40% | ART | 3 | Class with oil paint and crayons |
| 40% | ART | 3 | Class with finger painting and drawing |
| 39% | SAW | 3 | Horror film franchise with its seventh sequel in 2017 |
| 39% | OMEN | 4 | 1970s-'80s horror film franchise, with "The" |
| 39% | WESTERN | 7 | Film genre with showdowns and six-shooters |
| 39% | RATED | 5 | Like bonds and Bond films |