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 & Nights

Gates and Cafe open @ 6:00 p.m.
MOVIES START @ 6:30 p.m.
(later start during the summer months) NIGHTS OPEN:
We are usually open Friday, Saturday, Sunday nights, with the addition of Wednesday nights during the cooler months and school holidays.
Please refer to the now showing section below for actual days and dates.

Café & Candy Bar

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

In fact dinner and 2 movies will cost you less than most takeaway!

PLEASE NO OUTSIDE FOOD if you wish to keep the drive-in cinema experience alive, and support local small business!

Most of our ticket sales go back to the studios, and don't cover our huge operating expenses. Therefore we rely on cafe sales to remain open.

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-in cinemas 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 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)

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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.

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Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee (PG)

Start time: 6:30 p.m.
Finish: 7:58 p.m.

The legend, the mateship, the magic – made against all odds. Crocodile Dundee burst onto global screens and into the hearts of millions nearly 40 years ago, and is still Australia’s most successful film of all time. But little does anyone know, that behind this cultural icon – was a cast and crew with no feature film experience, last-minute funding struggles, and an industry that never saw it coming. During the 4K restoration of Crocodile Dundee, a treasure trove of unseen archival material was uncovered from the collection of Crocodile Dundee co-creator John Cornell, the late husband of Australia’s beloved Delvene Delaney. Inspired by this discovery, Delvene has created LOVE OF AN ICON: THE LEGEND OF CROCODILE DUNDEE – a revealing and heartfelt documentary that invites audiences behind the scenes to witness the battles, breakthroughs, and unbelievable twists that made the film a reality. More than just a “making-of”, LOVE OF AN ICON: THE LEGEND OF CROCODILE DUNDEE is a testament to conviction, mateship, and sheer determination: a film that almost never happened, but went on to define a generation

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

 Screening first is 

Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee (PG)

Mild coarse language.
 

Showing at 6:30 p.m.

PLUS

Crocodile Dundee: 

The Encore Cut (M)

Moderate in impact.
 

Showing at 8:10 p.m.

NIGHTS SHOWING: 

WEDNESDAY (FINAL NIGHT)

Dates:  

Wednesday 14th May, 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.

CROCODILE DUNDEE

Crocodile Dundee:
The Encore Cut (M)

Start time: 8:10 p.m.
Finish: 10.50 p.m.

The legendary Mick “Crocodile” Dundee returns to the big screen in Australian cinemas in 2025. CROCODILE DUNDEE: THE ENCORE CUT, features a meticulous restoration and an Atmos soundtrack, and will be shown for the first time ever in stunning 4K, in an exhilarating visual experience of the Australian outback and our Aussie hero, Mick Dundee. Audiences old and new will thrill at every adventure, share a heartfelt laugh, and enjoy the infectious charm of Mick Dundee, in the encore of Australia’s most iconic film ever.
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A Minecraft Movie (PG)

Start time: 6:30 p.m.
Finish: 8:10 p.m.

Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits—Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Momoa), Henry (Hansen), Natalie (Myers) and Dawn (Brooks)—find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they’ll have to master this world (and protect it from evil things like Piglins and Zombies, too) while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve (Black). Together, their adventure will challenge all five to be bold and to reconnect with the qualities that make each of them uniquely creative…the very skills they need to thrive back in the real world. 

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

 Screening first is 

A Minecraft Movie (PG)

Mild fantasy violence and coarse language.  Some scenes may scare young children.
 

Showing at 6:30 p.m.

PLUS

DC League of Superpets (PG)

Mild animated fantasy violence 
and coarse language.
 

Showing at 8:20 p.m.

NIGHTS SHOWING: 

FRIDAY & SATURDAY 

NIGHTS ONLY

Dates:  

Friday 16th May, 2025 

Saturday 17th May, 2025

 (final)

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.

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DC League
of Superpets (PG)

Start time: 8:20 p.m.
Finish: 10.00 p.m.

In DC League of Super-Pets, Krypto the Super-Dog and Superman are inseparable best friends, sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime in Metropolis side by side.
A TIME FOR KILLING

The Long Ride Home (aka A Time for Killing) (M)

Start time: 6:30 p.m.
Finish: 8:00 p.m.

During the Civil War Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way they kill a Union courier who has a message that the war is over. Keeping the message a secret, the Captain has his men go on and they soon find themselves in a battle with the Union search party who also is unaware of the war’s end.
 
Stars Glen Ford, George Hamilton, Inger Stevens and Harrison Ford’s first uncredited role.

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

 Screening first is 

The Long Ride Home 

(aka A Time for Killing)  (M)

 Showing at 6:30 p.m.

PLUS

Django Unchained (MA)

Proudly presented on 35mm film.
 

Showing at 8:10 p.m.

NIGHTS SHOWING: 

SUNDAY & WEDNESDAY NIGHTS

Dates:  

Sunday 18th May, 2025 

Wednesday 21st May, 2025

 (final)

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.

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Django Unchained (MA)

Start time: 8:10 p.m.
Finish: 10.55 p.m.

Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and featuring an award-winning cast, Jamie Foxx stars as Django a slave who teams up with bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) to seek out the South’s most wanted criminals with the promise of Django’s freedom. Honing vital hunting skills, his one goal is to find and rescue the wife (Kerry Washington) he lost to the slave trade long ago. When their search ultimately leads to Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), the infamous and brutal proprietor of “Candyland”, they arouse the suspicion of Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson), Candie’s trusted house slave. Now their moves are marked and Candie’s treacherous organisation closes in on them.
 
Proudly presented on 35mm film, as per the director’s preference. 

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Thunderbolts (PG)

Start time: 6:30 p.m.
Finish: 8:35 p.m.

Marvel Studios and a crew of indie veterans who sold out present “Thunderbolts*,” an irreverent team-up featuring depressed assassin Yelena Belova alongside the MCU’s least anticipated band of misfits. The film stars Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, Chris Bauer, Wendell Edward Pierce, with David Harbour, with Hannah John-Kamen, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Jake Schreier directs “Thunderbolts*” and Kevin Feige is the producer. Louis D’Esposito, Brian Chapek and Jason Tamez serve as executive producers. 

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

 Screening first is 

Thunderbolts (PG)

Mild themes, violence 
and coarse language.
 

Showing at 6:30 p.m.

PLUS

Captain America: 

Brave New World (M)

Action violence 
and coarse language.
 

Showing at 8:40 p.m.

NIGHTS SHOWING: 

FRI/SAT/ SUN/WEDS

Dates:  

Wednesday 14th May, 2025

Friday 16th May, 2025

Saturday 17th May, 2025

Sunday 18th May, 2025

Wednesday 21st May, 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.

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Captain America: Brave New World (M)

Start time: 8:40 p.m.
Finish: 10.40 p.m.

Marvel Studios’ “Captain America: Brave New World” follows Sam Wilson, who after meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.

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.

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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.