| 100% | WILLYOUPLEASE | 13 | Start of a run-together exchange between Clifton Webb and Dana Andrews in the film Laura |
| 34% | ETTOCOMEY | 9 | Start of a radio communication between a 1982 film alien and former FBI director James? |
| 34% | ONETWOTHREEFOUR | 15 | Start of a count ... or the letter frequencies in 17-, 30-, 46- and 64-Across |
| 32% | HOCK | 4 | Joint in the hind leg of a horse between the gaskin and the cannon bone |
| 31% | CARA | 4 | ___ Delevingne, who starred in the 2017 space opera film "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" |
| 31% | MOVIEDEAL | 9 | Agreement between a film studio and the holder of intellectual property: 2 wds. |
| 31% | MOTHRA | 6 | Giant moth-like creature featured in the "Godzilla" films as a good monster and protector of the Earth |
| 30% | OKA | 3 | Site of a 78 day, 1990 armed standoff in Quebec between the Mohawk First Nation and the Government of Quebec |
| 30% | CTE | 3 | A degenerative brain disease found primarily in athletes and was the focus of the 2015 film "Concussion": Abbr. |
| 30% | HIDDENFIGURES | 13 | Oscar-nominated film about NASA mathematicians, and a description of the countdown found in this puzzle? |
| 30% | WHOOPIGOLDBERG | 14 | "Sister Act" actress who played God in the films "A Little Bit of Heaven" and "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | COLDOPEN | 8 | Start of each "S.N.L." episode ... or a hint to the initials of the words in 17-, 24-, 35- and 47-Across |
| 30% | DEER | 4 | Start of a letter in the form of a rebus |
| 30% | OOMPA | 5 | Start of a "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" song |
| 30% | ALLEN | 5 | Irwin —, director of adventure films Five Weeks in a Balloon and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea |
| 29% | AHOUSEDIVIDED | 13 | Start of a Lincoln line, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 29% | HEISTS | 6 | Plot devices in the films "Thief" and "King of Thieves" |
| 28% | SCENT | 5 | Word in the title of a Pacino film |
| 28% | SHAKESHAKESHAKE | 15 | Start of a KC and the Sunshine Band title, and 17-, 29-, and 46-Across |
| 28% | THEGRADUATE | 11 | 1967 romantic comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft based on a Charles Webb novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ELM | 3 | Tree in the title of a horror film franchise |
| 28% | DOOLEY | 6 | Taylor ___, actress who plays Lavagirl in the film "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl" |
| 28% | BOYD | 4 | Cayden ___, actor who plays Max in the film "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl" |
| 28% | LAUTNER | 7 | Taylor ___, actor who plays Sharkboy in the film "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl" |
| 28% | MERLOT | 6 | Red wine that was featured in the film "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" |
| 28% | THEBEATLES | 10 | Pop group who starred in the films A Hard Day's Night and Help! |
| 28% | SPLIT | 5 | Start of the contest answer, and a nudge to finding the rest |
| 28% | ANGELS | 6 | __ in the Outfield is a 1994 remake of a 1951 film |
| 28% | DADO | 4 | Part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice |
| 28% | TRANSEPT | 8 | Part of a church between the nave and the sanctuary |