Maybe not so ridiculous when you think about it, but maybe even foolish on the part of Jackie Chan and his agent. Jackie obviously negotiated first, and since you can't have a Rush Hour without one or the other, Tucker had all the leverage to say if you don't give me this, there's no movie. But both of them deserve the money because Rush Hour 2 is the highest grossing comedy of all time, and the first two combined have grossed more than $600 million world wide, so since the 3rd will most likely be a cash cow as well, you can't blame the guy, who by the way has top billing, for asking for his share.