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.
Keep scrolling for movies currently showing and other links.

*PLEASE NOTE THAT WE SCREEN IN MOST RAINY
WEATHER UNLESS UNSAFE,
I.E. CYCLONIC AND OR MONSOONAL WARNINGS.
Internet connection permitting, we will update this page to advise.

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 wish to keep the drive-in cinema experience alive,
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 very  change due to circumstances beyond our control.  This is rare.

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

To see what’s coming next please scroll to the “coming soon” tab at the bottom of this page, or  the top “movies” menu.

Now Showing (please check dates)

Screen 1

Please note that SWITCHING SCREENS IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED unless you purchase tickets for both programmes due to copyright licensing.  Thank you for your co-operation, in anticipation.

BRIDGET JONES 4 LOWER

Bridget Jones:
Mad About the Boy (M)

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

In Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Bridget is alone once again, widowed four years ago, when Mark (Oscar® winner Colin Firth) was killed on a humanitarian mission in the Sudan. She’s now a single mother to 9-year-old Billy and 4-year-old Mabel, and is stuck in a state of emotional limbo, raising her children with help from her loyal friends and even her former lover, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). Pressured by her Urban Family —Shazzer, Jude and Tom, her work colleague Miranda, her mother, and her gyneacologist Dr. Rawlings (Oscar® winner Emma Thompson) — to forge a new path toward life and love …

Screen 1

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

 Screening first is 

Bridget Jones: 

Mad About the Boy (M)

Sexual references
and coarse language.
 

Showing at 7:00 p.m.

PLUS

The Fall Guy (M)

Action violence and coarse language.
 

Showing at 9:10 p.m.

NIGHTS SHOWING: 

FRI/SAT/ SUN

Dates:  Valentine’s Day: 

Friday 14th February, 2025

Saturday 15th February, 2025

Sunday 16th February, 2025

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

fall guy

The Fall Guy (M)

Start time: 9:10 pm
Finish: 11:20 p.m

He’s a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows and dropped from the highest of heights, all for our entertainment. And now, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, this working-class hero has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job. What could possibly go right?

Screen 2

MOANA 2

Moana 2 (PG)

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

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ epic animated musical “Moana 2” takes audiences on an expansive new voyage with Moana, Maui and a brand-new crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced.

Screen 2

 BLOCKBUSTER DISNEY 
DOUBLE FEATURE!
Come for one or both movies, 
the price is the same!

 Screening first is 

Moana 2 (PG)

Mild themes.
 

Showing at 7:00 p.m.

PLUS

Mufasa: The Lion King (PG)

Mild themes and violence.
 

Showing at 8:50 p.m.

NIGHTS SHOWING: 

FRI/SAT/ SUN

Dates:  

Friday 14th February, 2025

Saturday 15th February, 2025

Sunday 16th February, 2025 (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.

 

mufasa p

Mufasa:
The Lion King (PG)

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

“Mufasa: The Lion King” enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala, with Timon and Pumbaa lending their signature schtick. Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka – the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of an extraordinary group of misfits searching for their destiny – their bonds will be tested as they work together to evade a threatening and deadly foe

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.