| 100% | PREMIERE | 8 | The glitzy first showing of a movie |
| 77% | PREMIERE | 8 | The first showing of a movie |
| 59% | TRAILER | 7 | Teaser of a movie shown before the main event |
| 55% | PREMIERE | 8 | First showing of a film |
| 53% | MATINEE | 7 | Daytime showing of a movie |
| 53% | SNEAK | 5 | ___ preview (advance showing of a movie) |
| 53% | PREMIERE | 8 | First show of movie |
| 53% | EBERT | 5 | First movie critic to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 52% | CURTAIN | 7 | *Drapes before a movie screen, which would be pulled apart at the start of the show |
| 51% | CLIMAX | 6 | The most exciting part of a movie |
| 50% | CLIPS | 5 | Pieces of a movie or show |
| 49% | JAYLENO | 7 | Former "Tonight Show" host whose first name sounds like a letter of the alphabet: 2 wds. |
| 49% | PILOT | 5 | First episode of a show |
| 49% | PREMIERED | 9 | Had the first showing (of), as a film |
| 49% | NARRATION | 9 | Voice-over of a movie or TV show |
| 49% | END | 3 | Part of a movie where the credits roll |
| 48% | PILOT | 5 | First episode of a TV show |
| 48% | ANIMALHOUSE | 11 | 1978 John Belushi movie, and a hint to the first three or four letters of the starred answers |
| 48% | PILOT | 5 | First episode of a new TV show |
| 47% | CLIP | 4 | Short segment of a movie shown on a talk show |
| 47% | PRINCEPS | 8 | The first printing of a book |
| 47% | ADDER | 5 | "The Black ___" (first season of a Rowan Atkinson show) |
| 46% | OUTBOUND | 8 | The first leg of a return journey |
| 46% | SPIN | 4 | First step of a turn in The Game of Life |
| 46% | XXXXXX | 6 | First part of a name in the "Star Wars" universe |
| 46% | PORTRAIT | 8 | Picture of a person usually showing the face |
| 46% | DIARY | 5 | "___ of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul" (2017 movie) |
| 46% | PREGAP | 6 | Part of a CD before the first track |
| 46% | METEOR | 6 | Part of a hot shower in the sky |
| 46% | AUTOBOT | 7 | Foe of a Decepticon, in the "Transformers" movies |