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 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 great prices. 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-ins 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 change on the rare occasion due to circumstances beyond our control. 

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

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

Showing this week-end (please check dates)

Screen 1

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20th anniversary of
Open Season (G)
proudly presented on film

Start time: 7:00 p.m.
Finish: 8:30 p.m.

Boog (Martin Lawrence), a grizzly bear with no survival skills, has his perfect life turned upside down when he meets Elliot (Ashton Kutcher), a scrawny, fast-talking wild deer.  When Elliot convinces Boog to desert his idyllic existence with his beloved Park Ranger Beth (Debra Messing), who raised him since he was a cub, and try the “wild” life, things quickly spiral out of control.

Screen 1

Just $7.50 all ages for this double feature – come for one or both the price is the same!

 Screening first is 

Open Season (G) 

Mild in content.
Showing at 7:00 p.m.

screening second 

Footrot Flats (PG)

Mild coarse language.

Showing at 8:40 p.m.

NIGHTS SHOWING: 

Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Dates:  

Friday 20th February,  2026

Saturday 21st February, 2026

Sunday 22nd February, 2026 (final)

 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.

footrot

40th anniversary presentation of
Footrot Flats (PG)

Start time: 8:40 p.m.
Finish: 10:00 p.m.

Footrot Flats: The Dog’s Tale is a self-contained chapter in the life and times of Wal Footrot and his dog, Dog. We witness Wal’s herculean struggle to impress the All Black selector – and Dog’s strenuous efforts to come between Wal and Cheeky Hobson, and heated attempts to get in behind the sultry Jess.

Screen 2

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Wuthering Heights (M)

Start time: 7:00 p.m.
Finish: 9:20 p.m.

A passionate and tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, exploring the intense and destructive relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine (Margo Robbie)

Screen 2

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

 Screening first is 

Wuthering Heights (M) 

Mature themes, sex scenes 
and coarse language .
Showing at 7:00 p.m.

screening second 

Companion (MA)

Strong themes, violence and coarse language.

Showing at 9:30 p.m.

NIGHTS SHOWING: 

Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Dates:  

Friday 20th February,  2026

Saturday 21st February, 2026

Sunday 22nd February, 2026

 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.

COMPANION W

Companion (MA)

Start time: 9:30 p.m.
Finish: 11:00 p.m.

New Line Cinema—the studio that brought you “The Notebook”—and the unhinged creators of “Barbarian” cordially invite you to experience a new kind of love story…

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.

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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.