| 100% | ELAINES | 7 | Manhattan eatery featured in the opening scene of “Manhattan” |
| 58% | HAG | 3 | One of three in the opening scene of "Macbeth" |
| 58% | SNOWGLOBE | 9 | Item dropped in the opening scene of "Citizen Kane" |
| 57% | GTO | 3 | Car seen in the opening scene of "Dazed and Confused" |
| 56% | APE | 3 | Bone smasher in the opening scene of "2001: A Space Odyssey" |
| 55% | PRADO | 5 | Museum in the opening scene of Ben Lerner’s “Leaving the Atocha Station” |
| 55% | SOFA | 4 | Piece of furniture featured in the opening of "The Simpsons" |
| 54% | PAINTCAN | 8 | Item carried by John Travolta in the opening scene of "Saturday Night Fever" (2 wds.) |
| 54% | ESP | 3 | Subj. of the opening scene in "Ghostbusters" |
| 54% | WOMAN | 5 | Kesha song that features in the final scene of this year's film "Birds of Prey" |
| 53% | LIKEAVIRGIN | 11 | 1984 #1 song for Madonna that is discussed in the opening scene of "Reservoir Dogs": 3 wds. |
| 51% | TIFFANYS | 8 | "Breakfast at ___," 1961 film starring Audrey Hepburn that features her character window shopping in the opening scene |
| 49% | GLISSANDO | 9 | Notable feature of the opening clarinet solo in "Rhapsody in Blue" |
| 49% | GOODVIBRATIONS | 14 | Number-one hit released by The Beach Boys in 1966 which was featured in the climax scene of "Vanilla Sky" starring Tom Cruise: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ASP | 3 | Sight in the final scene of "Cleopatra" |
| 46% | ASP | 3 | Creature in the final scene of "Cleopatra" |
| 46% | BAWLS | 5 | Reacts to the opening scene of "Up," maybe |
| 46% | NEON | 4 | Gas in the opening line of "On Broadway" |
| 45% | SPACE | 5 | "The final frontier" in the opening narration of "Star Trek" |
| 45% | PIES | 4 | Dishes served in the final scene of "Titus Andronicus" |
| 45% | TOWER | 5 | Structure climbed in the climactic scene of 58-Across |
| 45% | STARRING | 8 | Word in the opening credits of a TV show |
| 45% | NOSE | 4 | Feature in the middle of the face |
| 45% | CRY | 3 | React to the opening scenes of the movie “Up,” maybe |
| 45% | ALPS | 4 | Mountains in the opening credits of “The Sound of Music” |
| 45% | SEINE | 5 | River used in the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics |
| 45% | HOURGLASS | 9 | Timer in the opening sequence of "Days of Our Lives" |
| 45% | EAGLE | 5 | Swooping animal in the opening credits of "The Colbert Report" |
| 45% | BART | 4 | First character shown in the opening credits of “The Simpsons” |
| 45% | GAG | 3 | Couch ___ (visual humor in the opening sequence of "The Simpsons") |