| 100% | MONSTERSINC | 11 | Pixar film starring 17-Across and 30-Across adapted as a Disney+ series (2 wds.) |
| 58% | ALASDAIRGRAY | 12 | "Lanark" writer whose novel "Poor Things" was adapted as a film starring Emma Stone, 17-Across, and 35-Across (2 wds.) |
| 57% | SUZANNECOLLINS | 14 | "The Hunger Games" series novelist whose "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" was adapted as a 2023 film starring 19-Across and 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 54% | MARYPOPPINS | 11 | 1964 film starring 17-Across and 30-Across based on children's books by P.L. Travers about a magical nanny (2 wds.) |
| 52% | CALEBCARR | 9 | Writer whose novels "The Alienist" and "The Angel of Darkness" were adapted as a TV series starring 16-Across and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 51% | FIREFLYLANE | 11 | Bestselling novel by Kristin Hannah about two lifelong best friends that was adapted as a Netflix series starring 19-Across and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 51% | AMORTOWLES | 10 | "The Lincoln Highway" writer whose novel "A Gentleman in Moscow" was adapted as a Paramount+ series starring 14-Across and 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | THENAMESAKE | 11 | Debut novel by 25-Across/27-Across that was adapted as a film starring Kal Penn and directed by Mira Nair (2 wds.) |
| 49% | GETSHORTY | 9 | 1995 comedy film starring 17-Across and 30-Across based on an Elmore Leonard novel (2 wds.) |
| 49% | MAGICLESSONS | 12 | 2020 novel by 46-Across that's a prequel to her 1995 novel adapted as a film starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman (2 wds.) |
| 48% | NOBODYSFOOL | 11 | Novel by 28-Across adapted as a 1994 film starring Paul Newman (2 wds.) |
| 47% | NIGHTSCHOOL | 11 | Comedy film starring 15-Across and 45-Across as dropouts working toward a GED (2 wds.) |
| 47% | PRETTYWOMAN | 11 | 1990 Garry Marshall film starring 17-Across and 28-Across whose title was inspired by a Roy Orbison song (2 wds.) |
| 47% | NAUGHTYDOG | 10 | Video game company that created the "Uncharted" action-adventure game series, which has been adapted into a film starring Antonio Banderas, 31-Across, and 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | ELLAENCHANTED | 13 | Fantasy comedy film starring Hugh Dancy and 44-Across as characters based on a fairy tale (2 wds.) |
| 46% | LORENZOSOIL | 11 | 1992 film starring Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon as parents of a sick boy: 2 wds. |
| 46% | SOPHIESCHOICE | 13 | 1979 novel by 47-Across adapted into a film starring 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | HARDMILES | 9 | 2024 film starring 15-Across and 30-Across about a difficult bicycle ride from Denver to the Grand Canyon (2 wds.) |
| 46% | WOMENTALKING | 12 | Novel by 36-Across about an isolated Mennonite community in Bolivia that was adapted by 17-Across into a film starring Frances McDormand, Claire Foy, and Rooney Mara (2 wds.) |
| 46% | THENOTEBOOK | 11 | 2004 romantic drama starring 18-Across and 32-Across that was adapted as a Broadway musical in 2024 (2 wds.) |
| 45% | ONWARD | 6 | Disney/Pixar film starring Tom Holland and Chris Pratt as elf brothers on a quest |
| 45% | ETHANFROME | 10 | 1911 novel by 39-Across adapted as a film starring Liam Neeson as the title farmer in an unhappy marriage (2 wds.) |
| 45% | CRIMINALMINDS | 13 | FBI drama starring A.J. Cook, 15-Across, and 30-Across that was revived with an "Evolution" series (2 wds.) |
| 45% | TRAININGDAY | 11 | 2017 TV series that's based on a Denzel Washington movie and stars Bill Paxton as a cop: 2 wds. |
| 44% | THERIVERKING | 12 | 2000 novel by 46-Across adapted as a film starring Edward Burns (3 wds.) |
| 44% | THATDARNCAT | 11 | Classic Disney film starring 35-Across and a mischievous feline (3 wds.) |
| 44% | DARKPHOENIX | 11 | 2019 "X-Men" film starring 17-Across and 28-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | NCISORIGINS | 11 | Upcoming CBS prequel series narrated by Mark Harmon and starring 30-Across as 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | ONCHESILBEACH | 13 | Booker Prize-shortlisted novel by 48-Across adapted as a 2017 film starring Saoirse Ronan (3 wds.) |
| 43% | BARBWIRE | 8 | Comic book series published by Comics Greatest World, which was later adapted into a film starring Pamela Anderson: 2 wds. |