They barely opened their eyes for their big debut, but the cuteness overload that was People's exclusive shots of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's twins Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon had the magazine flying off newsstands.

Women's Wear Daily reports that the issue, in which the domestically blissed-out parents posed with their entire brood at their rented estate in the south of France, sold an estimated 2.6 million copies, making it People's strongest seller in seven years and the fourth-biggest in its 35-year history (and first in terms of nontragic news), ranking behind covers on 9/11 (4.1 million issues) and the deaths of Princess Diana (3 million) and John F. Kennedy Jr. (2.8 million).

In contrast, Shiloh's introduction in 2006 sold about 2.2 million copies and reportedly earned Brad and Angelina a then-record-setting $4 million, significantly less than the staggering $14 million -- the money is once again earmarked for charity -- that they are said to have pocketed for the photos of Vivienne and Knox (the bill was shared with Hello! magazine, which scored international rights to the photos).

Meanwhile, has the entire Jolie-Pitt clan, including Viv and Knox, Shiloh, 2, Zahara, 3, Pax, 4, and Maddox, 7, once again said "fromage," this time to a camera-wielding Brad?

Fashion Week Daily says the actor, who reportedly received a high-end camera from Jolie on his last birthday, tried his hand at photography last week by snapping Angelina and the kids at their Chateau Miraval compound.

The personal photo shoot was ostensibly done for the November cover of W, the same magazine the A-list amours played house for in 2005.

Back then, Pitt teamed up with photographer Steven Klein to create a family tableau with five towheaded tots, an idea that prompted Jennifer Aniston to say her ex was missing a "sensitivity chip."

Ricky practices balancing twins at the Premio Lo Nuestro Awards earlier this year.

Meanwhile, in other kiddie-pic news, it looks like Ricky Martin won't be landing a major payday for his twin boys, whose recent arrival via surrogate came as a surprise.

According to the New York Daily News, the weeklies are shying away from making a play for the photos, because they worry the privacy-prone, bon-bon-shaking singer won't be forthcoming about the details of the birth (the National Enquirer is said to be trying to track down information on the mother).

"We aren't jumping like we usually do," an editor explains to the paper. "We don't think he is going to tell the backstory, so the whole thing just seems kind of icky."

Brad and Angelina, you'll recall, talked candidly to People in the interview accompanying their tot shots, discussing everything from the procreation process ("If they had been conceived through IVF, we would have been happy to discuss it," said Jolie. "But we have been fortunate never to have had fertility problems.") to breast-feeding ("We try to get them to eat simultaneously for the sake of management, but it gets a little crowded at the bar," joked Pitt).

But Martin's spokesman says several media outlets have asked about the pictures, although he remains tight-lipped on whether negotiations are under way.

Even if a deal is struck, the paper believes it's unlikely Ricky will be shown cuddling his sons from the front of a magazine. Seems he's not considered worthy of the coveted cover placement, an honor that has been bestowed on the C-list likes of Tori Spelling.

"When someone seems like they are hiding something, it's a big turnoff to the public, who want to share in celebrities' lives," another editor adds to the paper. "No one really cared about Clay Aiken becoming a single dad, either."