The Tors Drive-In is an authentic, locally owned and operated cinema.
Screening movies under the stars, and entertaining generations since 1966.

Experience the EXCITEMENT MAGIC ROMANCE FUN of the drive-in movies

Please click on the relevant blocks below to see our cafe menu.
Keep scrolling for movies currently showing and other links.

*Please note that we screen in rainy weather unless there is a severe weather event, e.g. cyclonic or monsoonal/flooding.
Internet connection permitting, we will update this page to advise.

Opening Times & Nights

Gates and Cafe open @ 6:30 p.m.
MOVIES START @ 7:00 p.m.
NIGHTS OPEN:
We are usually open Friday, Saturday, Sunday nights, plus Wednesday nights during the school holidays. Please keep scrolling below for dates.

Café & Candy Bar

We serve a variety of hot, tasty meals, yummy snacks and drinks at unbelievable, affordable prices.

In fact dinner and 2 movies will cost you less than most takeaway!

PLEASE NO OUTSIDE FOOD to keep the drive-in experience alive!

Most of our ticket sales go back to the studios, and what's left doesn't cover our high operating expenses. We depend on cafe sales to remain open.

Movies

TORS Drive In Cinema in Charters Towers is home to the BIGGEST, BRIGHTEST screens and the BEST prices around!

We are the only local cinema to screen the latest movies in 4K Digital, and one of the few drive-in cinemas in the world to regularly show classic and cult movies on 16mm and 35mm film.

Proudly home of the biggest, and brightest screens around!

Please note that the programme may very  change due to circumstances beyond our control.  This is rare.

Which movies show on each screen may change on the night due to unforeseeable audience levels or technical issues.

Showing this week (please check dates)

Please note that SWITCHING SCREENS IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED unless you purchase tickets for both due to copyright, thankyou.

Screen 1

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The Bad Guys (PG)

Start time: 7:00 p.m.
Finish: 8:40 p.m.

The Bad Guys are struggling to find trust and acceptance in their newly minted lives as Good Guys, when they are pulled out of retirement and forced to do ‘one last job’ by an all-female squad of criminals.

Screen 1

Come for one or both movies, 
the price is the same!

 Screening first is 

The Bad Guys 2 (PG)

 Mild themes, animated violence and coarse language. 

 Showing at 7:00 p.m.

PLUS

How To Train Your Dragon (PG)

Mild peril and violence, some scenes may upset young children.
 

Showing at 8:45 p.m.

NIGHTS SHOWING: 

FRI/SAT/ SUN

Dates:    

Friday 3rd October, 2025

Saturday 4th October, 2025

Sunday 5th October, 2025 (final)

 Tune In

90.5 FM or if you’re worried about a flat battery, use our speakers!

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

How To Train
Your Dragon (PG)

Start time: 8:45 p.m.
Finish: 10:50 p.m.

Follows a young Viking as he aspires to hunt dragons, and how he becomes unexpectedly a friend of a young dragon.

Screen 2

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Kangaroo (PG)

Start time: 7:00 p.m.
Finish: 8:47 p.m.

KANGAROO is a heart-warming family comedy about an ex-TV personality Chris Masterman, who becomes stranded in an Outback town after a car accident on his way to Broome.

Screen 2

Come for one or both movies, 
the price is the same!

 Screening first is 

Kangaroo (PG)

 Mild themes, violence and coarse language. 

 

Showing at 7:00 p.m.

PLUS

Paddington in Peru (PG)

Mild themes.
 

Showing at 8:50 p.m.

NIGHTS SHOWING: 

FRI/SAT/ SUN

Dates:  

Friday 3rd October,  2025

Saturday 4th October, 2025

Sunday 5th October, 2025  

(continues following week)

 Tune In

88.5 FM or if you’re worried about a flat battery, use our speakers!

TWO movies for the ONE low price!

Stay for one or two movies, 

the price is the same.

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Paddington in Peru (PG)

Start time: 8:50 p.m.
Finish: 10:35 p.m.

A little bear goes a long way.

PADDINGTON IN PERU brings Paddington’s story to Peru as he returns to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.

About US

The Tors Drive-In has been enchanting audiences since 1966. Here you can enjoy immersive big screen movies under a gorgeous sky of twinkling stars in a relaxed, country atmosphere.

While we offer a retro, nostalgic experience, we are a blend of the old and the new between our two screens. We show the latest movies with the best 4K digital presentation around that delivers a bright, precise image, as well as 16mm and 35mm analogue film presentations of new releases and classic movies.

Gallery

The Tors Drive-In has a rich history that has touched many lives from near and afar. It’s our sincerest hope that it continues to evolve and entertain future generations.