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 (please check dates)

Screen 1

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Forgotten Island (PG)

Start time: 7:00 p.m.
Finish: 8:50 p.m.

While celebrating their last night together, Jo and Raissa stumble upon a mysterious portal that transports them to the fantastical island of Nakali, packed with magical and mythological creatures they grew up hearing stories about from their Filipino families. Some of these figures will become friends, some foes. Joined by well-meaning-but- hapless weredog Raww (Dave Franco) and a small-but-mighty pack of pals, Jo and Raissa must face The Dreaded Manananggal (Tony winning icon Lea Salonga), the most feared creature on the island. When they discover that the memories of their entire friendship are the price for returning home, Jo and Raissa will race to find a way to leave the island before they forget each other forever.

Screen 1

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

 Screening first is 

Forgotten Island (PG) 

Mild themes, crude humour, violence, coarse language and scary scenes.
 
Showing at 7:00 p.m.

screening second 

Minions & Monsters (PG)

Mild threat, violence and coarse language.

Showing at 8:55 p.m.

NIGHTS SHOWING: 

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday

Dates:  

Friday  18th September, 2026

Saturday 19th September, 2026

Sunday 20th September, 2026 

Wednesday 23rd September, 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.

minions monster

Minions & Monsters (PG)

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

This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they had just created.

Screen 2

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Practical Magic 2 (M)

Start time: 7:00 p.m.
Finish: 8:50 p.m.

Starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, Practical Magic 2 returns to a world steeped in moonlit mischief and powerful ancestral magic, as the Owens sisters must confront the dark curse that threatens to unravel their family once and for all in a must-see cinematic event of fun, magic and mayhem.

Screen 2

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

 Screening first is 

Practical Magic 2 (M) 

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

screening second 

The End of Oak Street (M)

Violence and coarse language.

Showing at 8:55 p.m.

NIGHTS SHOWING: 

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday

Dates:  

Friday  18th September, 2026

Saturday 19th September, 2026

Sunday 20th September, 2026 

Wednesday 23rd September, 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.

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The End of Oak Street (M)

Start time: 8:55 p.m.
Finish: 10:45 p.m

After a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighborhood to someplace unknown, the Platt family soon discovers that their very survival depends on them sticking together as they navigate their now unrecognizable surroundings.

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.