| 100% | KFC | 3 | Sponsor of the Lifetime mini-movie "A Recipe for Seduction" |
| 51% | KFC | 3 | Fast food chain that sponsored the 15-minute movie, "A Recipe for Seduction," last month |
| 45% | EDIT | 4 | Cut the length of a movie, for example |
| 44% | WAR | 3 | "___ of the Worlds," 2005 movie about a dockworker surviving aliens who abduct humans for resources |
| 42% | ADA | 3 | Sponsor of the Give Kids a Smile program |
| 41% | END | 3 | "Seeking a Friend for the ___ of the World" (2012 movie) |
| 41% | CORMACMCCARTHY | 14 | Author of the 2005 novel "No Country for Old Men," which was made into a Best Picture-winning movie: 2 wds. |
| 41% | NIGHT | 5 | "Day for ___," 1973 Oscar-winning film directed by Francois Truffaut that chronicles the production of a movie |
| 39% | AHMED | 5 | Riz —, 2017 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie winner for The Night Of |
| 39% | NEA | 3 | Sponsor of the Poetry Out Loud program, for short |
| 39% | CAST | 4 | All of the performers in a movie |
| 39% | AARP | 4 | Bestower of the Movies for Grownups Awards |
| 39% | DOT | 3 | One of the punctuations for a URL |
| 39% | BUDGET | 6 | Extent of the money for a project |
| 39% | RAILHEAD | 8 | End of the line, for a train |
| 38% | RED | 3 | Color of the carpet at a movie premiere |
| 38% | AROACE | 6 | Part of the A in LGBTQIA+, for short |
| 38% | PREMIERE | 8 | The first showing of a movie |
| 38% | ACE | 3 | The A of LGBTQIA, for short |
| 38% | CHRISEVANS | 10 | "Knives Out" actor nominated for a People's Choice Award for The Action Movie Star of 2019 for "Avengers: Endgame" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ALA | 3 | State where the town of Spectre was built for Tim Burton's movie "Big Fish" and is now a ghost town (abbr.) |
| 38% | ACTOR | 5 | Member of the cast of a movie or play |
| 38% | ABBA | 4 | Source of the music for a 2001 theatrical hit |
| 38% | ASIA | 4 | "Heat of the Moment" band named for a continent |
| 38% | KNOCKOUT | 8 | One of the reasons for ending a boxing match |
| 38% | SEC | 3 | One of the sixty in a minute, for short |
| 38% | SNIFFLE | 7 | Affliction of the nose for those with a cold |
| 38% | WHO | 3 | One of the five W's for a journalist |
| 38% | ISABELA | 7 | Island of the Galápagos named for a Castilian queen |
| 38% | CARRY | 5 | Do most of the work for, as a team |