Ilm may be at the top of the industry but they are hardly the only one. Jim cameron's group digital domain and weta are vying for second place. who knows weta digital may just become the king of the mountain. The lord of the rings trilogy for me is the new classic star wars trilogy in quality, not the prequels. the two greatest trilogies ever oot and lotr.

there was also lucasarts but they are now merging with lucasdigital i.e. ilm. Greatest computer cgi house not doing hollywood movies is the final fantasy games team at square-enix.

a lot of games are actually becoming a viable alternative to movies. some even feel like one like hideo kojima solid snake series.