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 or warning, e.g. cyclonic or monsoonal/flooding.
Internet connection permitting, we will update this page to advise. Our theatre is equipped with a backup generator in case of power outages.

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

ebenezer

Ebenezer (M)

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

This November, Johnny Depp is Ebenezer Scrooge. The name you know, the story you don’t.

From Ti West, EBENEZER also stars Rupert Grint, Andrea Riseborough, Sam Claflin, Daisy Ridley, Arthur Conti, Ellie Bamber, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Charlie Murphy, with Tramell Tillman and Ian McKellen.

 

Screen 1

 Screening first is 

 Ebenezer (M) 

Mature themes.
 
Showing at 7:00 p.m.

screening second 

40th anniversary presentation of 

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (PG)

Medium level coarse language.

Showing at 8:50 p.m.

NIGHTS SHOWING: 

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 

Dates:  

Friday  13th November, 2026

Saturday 14th November, 2026

Sunday 15th November, 2026 

 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.

FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF

40th Anniversary presentation of Ferris Bueller's Day Off (PG)

Start time: 8:50 p.m.
Finish: 10:30 p.m

Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) has an uncanny skill at cutting classes and getting away with it. Intending to make one last duck-out before graduation, Ferris calls in sick, “borrows” a Ferrari, and embarks on a one-day journey through the streets of Chicago. On Ferris’ trail is high school principal Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), determined to catch him in the act.

 

Screen 2

HOW TO ROB A BANK MR

How To Rob A Bank (M)

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

In HOW TO ROB A BANK, a crew of social media-savvy bank robbers broadcasts their daring heists, unaware that their growing viral fame has put them in the crosshairs of a veteran FBI agent and a brilliant software engineer. Despite the unlikely duo closing in, the crime ring pushes past their limits, putting everything on the line for their beliefs – and their most ambitious heist yet.

 

Screen 2

 Screening first is 

 How To Rob A Bank (M) 

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

screening second 

Resident Evil (MA)

Strong blood and gore, violence, 

and coarse language.

Showing at 8:50 p.m.

NIGHTS SHOWING: 

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 

Dates:  

Friday  13th November, 2026

Saturday 14th November, 2026

Sunday 15th November, 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.

RESIDENT EVIL

Resident Evil (MA)

Start time: 9:05 p.m.
Finish: 10:35 p.m

From the mind of visionary filmmaker Zach Cregger (Weapons, Barbarian) comes a thrilling — and terrifying — reinvention of the Resident Evil franchise. In an all-new story, Resident Evil follows Bryan (Austin Abrams), a medical courier who unwittingly finds himself in an action-packed, non-stop race for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.

 

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.