Knox and Vivienne Get Their First Multi-Million-Dollar Paycheck

The messiahs are coming! The messiahs are coming! Will their cheeks be as bitably marshmallowy as Shiloh's? Will the makeup artists be able to properly shine their halos? Will their angel wings fit into baby couture without unsightly bunching? Oh, the questions! Reports WWD:

Brangelina sure love People magazine — or at least the checks the weekly keeps writing the celebrity couple. The title has again scored the exclusive North American rights to photos of Brad Pitt’s and Angelina Jolie’s latest children — new twins Knox Léon and Vivienne Marcheline. On Tuesday night, JustJared.com reported People will publish the photos, and a source close to the deal confirmed the news Thursday night. Hello bought the international rights. People and Hello will unveil the photos on Monday, two days earlier than People’s usual newsstand drop day. The price for the photos was a reported $10 million to $15 million, which, assumably, People and Hello will split in some manner.

$15 million may seem like a lot of money, but think about it. Brad and Ang each reportedly earned $20 million for Mr. and Mrs. Smith, which probably took them roughly three months to film. These babies took nine months to cook up, and two of them popped out. That's like if at the end of filming two movies miraculously appeared in theaters. Really, if you look at it that way, the Jolie-Pitts are getting ripped off. $40 million + three months = Mr. and Mrs. Smith. But $15 million + nine months = Knox and Vivienne? That just doesn't add up. By CelebNewsWire's highly scientific calculations, those tykes should've pulled in about $160 million. The twins better start trying a little harder to keep up with the family's financial expectations.


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