 This was the second most popular Bond movie with paying audiences,  racking up 130 million ticket sales. The next Bond film,  _Thunderball (1965)_ (qv), surpassed it in popularity, with 140  million paid admissions. The success of "Goldfinger" and  "Thunderball" propelled Sean Connery (qv) to the top of Quigley  Publications annual Top Ten Money Making Stars poll in 1965, the  only British male star to be #1.