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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

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Opening Times

Gates and Snack Bar open @ 6:00 p.m.

MOVIES START @ 6:30 p.m.

* N.B. We open earlier during the cooler months. Our website is updated accordingly.

Café & Candy Bar

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

Most of our ticket sales go back to the studios. Therefore we rely on cafe sales to remain open.
So if you want us to keep entertaining you,
no outside food please!

Movies

TORS Drive In Cinema in Charters Towers has 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 movies on 16mm and 35mm film.

Proudly home of the biggest, and brightest screens around!

Please note that the programme may change due to circumstances beyond our control – this is extremely rare.

Which movies show on each screen may also change on the night due to audience numbers/capacity 

because patronage levels are extremely difficult to predict in advance.

Now Showing

Screen 1

The Little Mermaid (PG)

Stars time: 6:30 pm
Finish: approx 8:45 p.m.

The Little Mermaid, visionary filmmaker Rob Marshall’s live-action reimagining of the studio’s Oscar®-winning animated musical classic, opens exclusively in cinemas May 25, 2023. 
 
The Little Mermaid is the beloved story of Ariel, a beautiful and spirited young mermaid with a thirst for adventure. The youngest of King Triton’s daughters and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea and, while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. While mermaids are forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel must follow her heart. She makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land but ultimately places her life – and her father’s crown – in jeopardy. 
 
The film stars singer and actress Halle Bailey (“grown-ish”) as Ariel; Jonah Hauer-King (“A Dog’s Way Home”) as Prince Eric; Tony Award® winner Daveed Diggs (“Hamilton,” “Snowpiercer”) as the voice of Sebastian; Awkwafina (“Raya and the Last Dragon”) as the voice of Scuttle; Jacob Tremblay (“Luca,” “Room”) as the voice of Flounder; Noma Dumezweni (“Mary Poppins Returns”) as Queen Selina; Art Malik (“Homeland”) as Sir Grimsby; with Oscar® winner Javier Bardem (“No Country for Old Men,” “Being the Ricardos”) as King Triton; and two-time Academy Award® nominee Melissa McCarthy (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?” “Bridesmaids”) as Ursula. 
 
 

Screen 1

Disney Double feature: 
TWO movies for the ONE low price!
Stay for one or both movies, 
the price is the same.

 

 Screening first is 

The Little Mermaid (PG)

Mild fantasy themes & violence.  Some scenes may scare young children.

Showing at 6:30 p.m.

PLUS

screening second is

our 35th anniversary presentation of

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (PG)

Crude humour and coarse language.

Showing at 8:50 pm

NIGHTS SHOWING: 

FRI/SAT/ SUN/WEDS

Dates: 

Friday 2nd June, 2023

Saturday 3rd June, 2023

Sunday 4th June, 2023

Wednesday 7th June, 2023

(continues on screen 2)

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.

 

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (PG)

Start time: approx 8:50 p.m.
Finish time: approx 10:25 p.m.

It’s the story of a cartoon character named Roger Rabbit who exists along side of real humans. Eventually, it is revealed that Marvin Acme, the owner of the Acme Company and of Toontown, has been murdered! But all fingers point to Roger Rabbit, a Toon star at Maroon Cartoons. But unfortunately the only person who can prove Roger’s innocence is Toon hating Eddie Valiant, a washed-up, alcoholic private detective who is reluctantly forced into helping when Roger hides in his apartment. It’s up to Eddie to clear Roger’s name and find the real evildoer before the villainous, power-hungry Judge Doom goes on a mission to bring Roger to justice!

Stars the late Bob Hoskins. Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future) and Kathleen Turner (Romancing the Stone) as the voice of Jessica Rabbit.  This groundbreaking feature was directed by Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future) and is brought back to the big screen to commemorate its’ 35th anniversary.

Please note that SWITCHING SCREENS IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED unless you purchase tickets for both screens.

Movies are licensed by different studios, and  terms and conditions vary. We pay the relevant studio royalties for each movie shown based on admissions, so everyone must be accounted for.

We thank you for your co-operation, and for supporting the cinema industry and our small business.

Screen 2

Fast X (M)

Stars time: 6:30 pm
Finish: approx 8:30 p.m.

The end of the road begins. Fast X, the tenth film in the Fast & Furious Saga, launches the final chapters of one of cinema’s most storied and popular global franchises, now in its third decade and still going strong with the same core cast and characters as when it began. 
 
Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they’ve ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who’s fueled by blood revenge, and who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everything—and everyone—that Dom loves, forever. In 2011’s Fast Five, Dom and his crew took out nefarious Brazilian drug kingpin Hernan Reyes and decapitated his empire on a bridge in Rio De Janeiro. What they didn’t know was that Reyes’ son, Dante (Aquaman’s Jason Momoa), witnessed it all and has spent the last 12 years masterminding a plan to make Dom pay the ultimate price. Dante’s plot will scatter Dom’s family from Los Angeles to the catacombs of Rome, from Brazil to London and from Portugal to Antarctica. New allies will be forged and old enemies will resurface. But everything changes when Dom discovers that his own 8-year-old son (Leo Abelo Perry, Black-ish) is the ultimate target of Dante’s vengeance. 

Screen 2

Double feature: 
TWO movies for the ONE low price!
Stay for one or both movies, 
the price is the same.

 

 Screening first is 

Fast X (M)

Action violence.

Showing at 6:30 p.m.

PLUS

screening second is

Champions (M)

Crude humour and coarse language.

Showing at 8:40 pm

NIGHTS SHOWING: 

FRI/SAT/ SUN/WEDS

Dates: 

Friday 2nd June, 2023

Saturday 3rd June, 2023

Sunday 4th June, 2023

Wednesday 7th June, 2023 (final)

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

Champions (M)

Start time: approx 8:40 p.m.
Finish time: approx 10:25 p.m.

The film is centered around a stubborn and hotheaded minor league basketball coach who is sentenced to community service and forced to coach a Special Olympics team. 


The cast is led by Academy Award® nominated and Emmy Award winner Woody Harrelson (True Detective, Zombieland), Emmy Award nominated Kaitlin Olson (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Hacks), Grammy nominated Cheech Marin (Born in East L.A, From Dusk Til Dawn), Matt Cook (Man With a Plan, The Comeback), and is rounded out by a cast of more than 10 actors with intellectual disabilities who authentically tell the story, including Madison Tevlin, Joshua Felder, Kevin Iannucci, Ashton Gunning, Matthew Von Der Ahe, Tom Sinclair, James Day Keith, Alex Hintz, Casey Metcalfe, Bradley Edens, and Champ Pederson”.


A heartwarming film that delivers the LOLs!

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.

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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.