| 100% | BROTHERS | 8 | The Righteous __, 60s hit duo was later in a movie |
| 40% | IBELIEVEICANFLY | 15 | R. Kelly hit whose last title word is aptly rhymed with "sky" in the lyrics ... and a hint to the starts of the other four longest puzzle answers |
| 40% | YMCA | 4 | Song that was a hit for a spell in the 1970s? |
| 40% | LOB | 3 | Shot where a tennis ball is hit high in the air |
| 39% | MISSACUE | 8 | Be late in the theater? |
| 39% | FERRELL | 7 | Will ___, "Spirited" actor who plays a toy company CEO in the 2023 movie "Barbie" |
| 39% | EVITA | 5 | Hit 1979 musical in which a character's mistress is one of the main roles |
| 39% | CARELESS | 8 | "___ Whisper," hit song by pop duo Wham! which featured in the movie "Deadpool" |
| 39% | EMME | 4 | One-named model who was a spokesperson for Revlon in the late 1990s |
| 39% | IAGO | 4 | Character who is briefly turned into a roc in the 2019 movie "Aladdin" |
| 39% | LSD | 3 | Drug that sangria at a party is laced with, in the movie Climax |
| 38% | END | 3 | "The ___," the last frame in a movie |
| 38% | CASTLES | 7 | "___ in the Air," 1971 song by Don McLean that was a Billboard Top 40 hit |
| 38% | HBO | 3 | Cable channel whose first broadcast, in 1972, was the movie "Sometimes a Great Notion" |
| 38% | JENNY | 5 | Woman in a 1982 hit who can be reached using the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 38% | SKI | 3 | In the movie "A View to a Kill", Bond did this once his snowmobile was blown up |
| 38% | LAURA | 5 | Actress Dern who was announced to have a role in the next "Star Wars" movie |
| 38% | POWELL | 6 | Al ___, police sergeant who is a sidekick to McClane in the 1988 movie "Die Hard" |
| 38% | ACTED | 5 | Was in a movie |
| 38% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose songs are featured in a hit 2001 musical and 2018 movie |
| 37% | MEMORY | 6 | Answer to the riddle "I form in an instant and last a lifetime. What am I?" |
| 37% | SKULLS | 6 | Yale's conspiracy theories in a movie: The __ |
| 37% | JACKSPARROW | 11 | Rakish captain in "Pirates of the Caribbean" whose last name is a kind of bird: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ACTED | 5 | Was in a movie's cast |
| 37% | ACTS | 4 | Is in a movie or play |
| 37% | REMADE | 6 | Like the movie A Star Is Born, in 1954, 1976, and 2018 |
| 36% | LOBBY | 5 | Place in a movie theater where snacks are sold |
| 36% | JOELCOEN | 8 | "Fargo" director who is a part of the filmmaking duo behind other movies like "True Grit": 2 wds. |
| 36% | WISH | 4 | "Puss in Boots: The Last ___," 2022 film starring Antonio Banderas that is a sequel to a 2011 film |
| 36% | SINGLE | 6 | The hit in the baseball mantra "A walk is as good as a hit" |