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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

Please click on the relevant blocks below to see our cafe menu, or what's screening.
Or you can keep scrolling for movies currently showing and other links.

Opening Times

Gates and Snack Bar open @ 6:30 p.m.

MOVIES START @ 7:00 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 when programming.

(To see what's coming next or soon go to the top menu 'MOVIES' tab,
or keep scrolling to the link at the bottom of the page)

Now Showing

Screen 1

Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken (PG)

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

DreamWorks Animation dives into the turbulent waters of high school with a hilarious, heartfelt action comedy about a shy teenager who discovers that she’s part of a legendary royal lineage of mythical sea krakens and that her destiny, in the depths of the oceans, is bigger than she ever dreamed. Sweet, awkward 16-year-old Ruby Gillman  is desperate to fit in at Oceanside High, but she mostly just feels invisible. She’s math-tutoring her skater-boy crush who only seems to admire her for her fractals, and she’s prevented from hanging out with the cool kids at the beach because her over-protective supermom (Oscar® nominee Toni Collette), has forbade Ruby from ever getting in the water.
 
But when she breaks her mom’s #1 rule, Ruby will discover that she is a direct descendant of the warrior Kraken queens and is destined to inherit the throne from her commanding grandmother (Academy Award® winner Jane Fonda), the Warrior Queen of the Seven Seas. 
 

Screen 1

 Come for one or both movies, the price is the same!

  Screening first is 

Ruby Gillman Teenage Cracken (PG)

Mild fantasy themes and animated violence.

Showing at 7:00 p.m.

PLUS

The Super Mario Bros Movie (PG)

Mild fantasy themes and animated violence, some scenes may scare young children.

Showing at 8:40 pm

NIGHTS SHOWING: 

FRI/SAT/ SUN/TUES/WEDS

Dates: 

Tuesday 19th September, 2023

Wednesday 20th September, 2023

Friday 22nd September, 2023

Saturday 23rd September, 2023

Sunday 24th September, 2023

Tuesday 26th September, 2023

Wednesday 27th September, 2023 (then moves to 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.

 

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (PG)

Start time: approx 8:40 p.m.
Finish time: approx 10:15 p.m.

Based on the world of Nintendo’s Mario games, the film invites audiences into a vibrant, thrilling new universe unlike any created before in an action-packed, exuberant cinematic comedy event. While working underground to fix a water main, Brooklyn plumbers Mario (Chris Pratt; Jurassic World and The LEGO Movie franchises) and brother Luigi (Charlie Day; It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) are transported down a mysterious pipe and wander into a magical new world. But when the brothers are separated, Mario embarks on an epic quest to find Luigi. With the assistance of a Mushroom Kingdom resident Toad (Keegan-Michael Key; The Lion King) and some training from the strong-willed ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom, Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy;The Queen’s Gambit), Mario taps into his own power.

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

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (PG)

Start time: 7:00 pm
Finish: approx 8:39 p.m.

In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, after years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts.
 
Their new friend April O’Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.
 
Stars Seth Rogen, John Cena, Rose Byrne, Maya Rudolph, Paul Rudd, Jackie Chan and Ice Cube.

Screen 2

 Come for one or both movies, the price is the same!

 Screening first is 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (PG)

Mild science fiction themes, animated violence and coarse language.

Showing at 7:00 p.m.

PLUS

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (M)

Action violence .

Showing at 8:45 pm

NIGHTS SHOWING: 

FRI/SAT/ SUN/WEDS

Dates: 

Tuesday 19th September, 2023

Wednesday 20th September, 2023

Friday 22nd September, 2023

Saturday 23rd September, 2023

Sunday 24th September, 2023

Tuesday 26th September, 2023

Wednesday 27th September, 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.

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (M)

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

Returning to the action and spectacle that first captured moviegoers around the world 14 years ago with the original Transformers, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will take audiences on a ‘90s globetrotting adventure and introduce the Maximals, Predacons, and Terrorcons to the existing battle on Earth between Autobots and Decepticons. 

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.