| 100% | INTHEHEIGHTS | 12 | New movie based on a Tony-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda musical: 3 wds. |
| 47% | READYPLAYERONE | 14 | Movie based on a 2011 Ernest Cline book: 3 wds. |
| 46% | THEJUNGLEBOOK | 13 | 2016 movie based on a Rudyard Kipling classic: 3 wds. |
| 43% | LAFEMMENIKITA | 13 | 1997-2001 USA action/drama series based on a Jean Reno movie: 3 wds. |
| 43% | FLASHGORDON | 11 | Movie based on a comic character starring Sam J. Jones, for which the band "Queen" composed the musical score: 2 wds. |
| 41% | NEWSIES | 7 | Tony-nominated musical based on a 1992 Disney movie |
| 41% | THEPHANTOMOF | 12 | Musical based on a French novel, "___ the Opera" is the longest-running show on Broadway: 3 wds. |
| 40% | ANNIE | 5 | 2014 movie based on a Broadway musical |
| 40% | LES | 3 | "___ Misérables" (2012 movie based on a musical) |
| 39% | RIORITA | 7 | Abbott and Costello movie based on a Ziegfeld musical |
| 39% | KINGGEORGEIII | 13 | Royal character in Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning musical "Hamilton" (3 wds.) |
| 39% | INTO | 4 | "___ the Woods" (2014 movie based on a Stephen Sondheim musical) |
| 39% | INTHEHEIGHTS | 12 | 2021 movie musical based on the stage musical by 14-Across: 3 wds. |
| 39% | HENRYV | 6 | 1989 Emma Thompson movie based on a Shakespeare play: 2 wds. |
| 38% | AWAYFROMHER | 11 | *2007 movie based on a New Yorker short story by Alice Munro |
| 38% | THESWIMMER | 10 | *1968 movie based on a New Yorker short story by John Cheever |
| 38% | INCOLDBLOOD | 11 | *1967 movie based on a series of New Yorker articles by Truman Capote |
| 38% | LESMIZ | 6 | 2012 movie musical based on a Victor Hugo novel, familiarly: 2 wds. |
| 38% | MEANGIRLS | 9 | 2018 Broadway musical, based on a 2004 teen comedy, readapted into a 2024 movie musical: 2 wds. |
| 38% | WITHTHEKRANKS | 13 | "Christmas ___," a 2004 movie based on a John Grisham novel titled "Skipping Christmas": 3 wds. |
| 37% | MEETMEINSTLOUIS | 15 | *1944 movie based on a series of New Yorker short stories by Sally Benson |
| 37% | NEWSIES | 7 | Tony-winning musical based on a 1992 Christian Bale film |
| 37% | THEPRODUCERS | 12 | 2001 Broadway musical, based on a 1967 Mel Brooks movie, readapted into a 2005 movie musical: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BATMANFOREVER | 13 | Comic book adaptation of the 1995 movie based on a DC Comics character: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BIGLITTLELIES | 13 | 2017 HBO miniseries based on a Liane Moriarty novel: 3 wds. |
| 37% | THELEGOMOVIE | 12 | 2014 animated film based on a line of toys: 3 wds. |
| 36% | SHESTHEMAN | 10 | 2006 Amanda Bynes movie based on Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night": 3 wds. |
| 36% | TEENWOLF | 8 | Current MTV drama based on a Michael J. Fox movie: 2 wds. |
| 36% | READYPLAYERONE | 14 | Steven Spielberg film based on a 2011 Ernest Cline novel: 3 wds. |
| 36% | THECOLORPURPLE | 14 | Steven Spielberg film based on a 1982 Alice Walker novel: 3 wds. |