| 100% | PREMIERED | 9 | Had the first showing (of), as a film |
| 65% | PREMIERE | 8 | The first showing of a movie |
| 63% | PREMIERE | 8 | First showing of a film |
| 59% | ALA | 3 | State, in short, which had as its first permanent capital the community of Cahaba, now a ghost town |
| 58% | PREMIERE | 8 | The glitzy first showing of a movie |
| 55% | ATWOOD | 6 | Margaret whose 2019 “The Testaments” has been described as fan fiction of a certain Hulu show |
| 55% | EBERT | 5 | The first film critic to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 53% | AMERICA | 7 | "Captain ___: The First Avenger," 2011 superhero film starring Chris Evans as a "super soldier" |
| 52% | LONCHANEY | 9 | Silent film star known as the "Man of a Thousand Faces" |
| 52% | MASSACHUSETTS | 13 | State whose General Court was the first to recognize Fourth of July as a state celebration |
| 52% | RAGNAROK | 8 | Norse mythology upheaval used as the subtitle of a 2017 "Thor" film |
| 52% | RAGNAROK | 8 | *Norse mythology battle used as the subtitle of a 2017 "Thor" film |
| 51% | CHUCKPALAHNIUK | 14 | Writer whose novel "Fight Club" was adapted as a 1999 film of the same name (2 wds.) |
| 51% | ZORRO | 5 | "The Mask of ___," a 1998 film starring Antonio Banderas as the sword-wielding protagonist |
| 51% | SCREENED | 8 | Showed, as a film |
| 51% | SCREENINGPASSENGERS | 19 | Showing the final cut of a Jennifer Lawrence sci-fi film? |
| 51% | EDIT | 4 | Tighten, as the rough footage of a film |
| 51% | ZACHARYGORDON | 13 | Child actor who played 40-Across in the first three "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" films (2 wds.) |
| 50% | BYRONIC | 7 | Like moody Romantic heroes, as first described in the works of a British lord |
| 50% | AGT | 3 | NBC's entertainment show that has Simon Cowell as one of the judges: Abbr. |
| 50% | PARTI | 5 | "History of the World, ___" (Mel Brooks film that doesn't actually have a sequel) |
| 49% | GODFATHER | 9 | "The ___," 1972 crime drama film starring Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone, the head of a mafia family |
| 49% | LOS | 3 | ___ Angeles is a city in California famed as the center of the nation's film industry |
| 49% | QUIZLADY | 8 | 2023 Hulu comedy starring 16-Across as the sister of a game show fanatic: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ISSUANT | 7 | Having only the upper part showing, as a heraldic beast |
| 49% | ONLYTHELONELY | 13 | 1960 Roy Orbison hit that has the same title as, and is featured in, a 1991 John Candy film (3 wds.) |
| 49% | NOMADLAND | 9 | Nonfiction work by 29-Across adapted as a 2020 film of the same name starring Frances McDormand directed by 15-Across |
| 49% | LORENZOSOIL | 11 | 1992 film featuring 31-Across as the mother of a boy with a rare disease (2 wds.) |
| 48% | PRINCEPS | 8 | The first printing of a book |
| 48% | STEER | 5 | Have the wheel of a car |