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

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-end (please check dates)

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

Screen 1

Portrait (INCR2_001A_G - Teaser Poster)

Zootopia 2 (PG)

Start time: 7:00 p.m.
Finish: 8:45 p.m.

In Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Zootopia 2,” detectives Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman) find themselves on the twisting trail of a mysterious reptile who arrives in Zootopia and turns the animal metropolis upside down. To crack the case, Judy and Nick must go undercover to unexpected new parts of town, where their growing partnership is tested like never before.

Screen 1

Double feature – come for one or both the price is the same!

 Screening first is 

Zootopia 2 (PG)

Mild themes and animated violence. 

 Showing at 7:00 p.m.

screening second 

The Lion King (G)

(Mild in impact.)

Showing at 8:55 p.m.

NIGHTS SHOWING: 

Friday/Saturday/Sunday nights

Dates:  

Friday 28th November,  2025

Saturday 29th November, 2025

Sunday 30th November, 2025

Friday 5th December, 2025

Saturday 6th December, 2025

Sunday 7th December, 2025

(Continues following week)

 Tune In

90.5 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.

lion king

The Lion King (G)

Start time: 8:55 p.m.
Finish: 10:25 p.m.

A Lion cub crown prince is tricked by a treacherous uncle into thinking he caused his father’s death and flees into exile in despair, only to learn in adulthood his identity and his responsibilities.

Screen 2

Wicked for Good (PG)

Start time: 7:00 p.m.
Finish: 9:15 p.m.

Follows Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West, and her relationship with Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. The second of a two-part feature film adaptation.

Screen 2

Wicked for Good (PG)

Mild themes, violence

and sexual references. 

 Showing at 7:00 p.m.
 

Showing second

Sixteen Candles (PG) 

NIGHTS SHOWING: 

Showing at 9:20 p.m.

Friday/Saturday/Sunday nights

Dates:  

Friday 28th November,  2025

Saturday 29th November, 2025

Sunday 30th November, 2025

Friday 5th December, 2025

Saturday 6th December, 2025

Sunday 7th December, 2025

 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.

Sixteen Candles (PG)

Start time: 9:20 p.m.
Finish: 10:50 p.m

It’s the time of your life that may last a lifetime.

With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister’s upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha (Molly Ringwald) faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly older boy Jake (Michael Schoeffling), but worries that her chastity will be a turnoff for the popular senior. Meanwhile, Samantha must constantly rebuff the affections of nerdy Ted (Anthony Michael Hall), the only boy in the school, unfortunately, who seems to take an interest in her

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.