| 100% | SAPHO | 5 | Massenet opera based on a Daudet novel |
| 67% | WERTHER | 7 | Massenet opera based on a work of Goethe |
| 54% | ARIANE | 6 | Massenet opera based on Greek myth |
| 53% | THEPHANTOMOF | 12 | Musical based on a French novel, "___ the Opera" is the longest-running show on Broadway: 3 wds. |
| 52% | ARIANE | 6 | 1906 Massenet opera based on Greek myth |
| 52% | OTELLO | 6 | Verdi opera based on a Shakespeare play |
| 52% | ATTILA | 6 | Verdi opera based on a historic invader |
| 52% | OTELLO | 6 | Verdi opera based on a Shakespeare tragedy |
| 52% | OTELLO | 6 | Verdi opera based on a Shakespearean play |
| 52% | ELEKTRA | 7 | Strauss opera based on a Sophocles tragedy |
| 52% | BARBEROFSEVILLE | 15 | Opera based on a play by Pierre Beaumarchais, with "The" |
| 51% | RIGOLETTO | 9 | Verdi's opera based on a Victor Hugo play |
| 51% | RIENZI | 6 | Wagner opera based on a 14th-century Italian patriot |
| 51% | ERNANI | 6 | 1844 Verdi opera based on a Victor Hugo play |
| 50% | AIDA | 4 | Musical based on a Verdi opera |
| 49% | LOLITA | 6 | Kubrick film based on a Nabokov novel |
| 49% | JAWS | 4 | Spielberg thriller based on a Benchley novel |
| 49% | AIDA | 4 | Elton John musical based on a Verdi opera |
| 49% | CAMELOT | 7 | Musical based on a T. H. White novel |
| 49% | WARHORSE | 8 | 2011 movie based on a Michael Morpurgo novel |
| 49% | PRIDE&PREJUDICE | 15 | 2005 film based on a Jane Austen novel |
| 49% | DUNE | 4 | 2021 epic based on a Frank Herbert novel |
| 49% | FORRESTGUMP | 11 | 1994 movie based on a Winston Groom novel |
| 49% | MISERY | 6 | 1990 movie based on a Stephen King novel |
| 49% | JAWS | 4 | 1975 thriller based on a Peter Benchley novel |
| 49% | EMMA | 4 | 2020 movie based on a Jane Austen novel |
| 48% | ROOTS | 5 | Miniseries based on a Haley novel |
| 48% | AIDA | 4 | Elton John Broadway musical based on a Verdi opera |
| 48% | MOTHERNIGHT | 11 | Nick Nolte movie based on a Kurt Vonnegut novel |